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After This
After This
Author: Alice McDermott
ISBN-13: 9780739481332
ISBN-10: 0739481339
Publication Date: 2006
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
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7 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

skywaywaver avatar reviewed After This on + 148 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A lot like "Flesh and Blood"; a story that follows one family from the parents' meeting to the coming of age of the youngest child. This was hard for me to put down. The ending leaves you wondering what will happen to this family.
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Helpful Score: 3
A sad look into the lives of an ordinary middle class family in Long Island in the 50s and 60s. Their troubles were our troubles, their view of the world, ours.
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Helpful Score: 1
I like her books. Much of it is written from the children's point of view of adult life. Good read.
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Helpful Score: 1
Quite somber. An in depth look at a so called typical family in the 60's. Not for someone looking for a romance book. I enjoyed the book because there was a lot I could associate with. An easy read and fast.
wardbunch avatar reviewed After This on + 88 more book reviews
Lovingly written....scrumptious to read.
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I really did not enjoy this book. The story was boring and didn't have much going on. Easily forgotten.
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McDermott is a master at evoking readers' understanding of the characters through a paucity of description of the truly meaningful events in this book. I found the same was true of Charming Billy. The chapters often begin with the event already accomplished that determines the responses and interactions of the characters that then lead to the next chapter. I really enjoy this prose. Ms. McDermott is well worth reading.