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Starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and Library Journal
A Kirkus Best of 2024 Nonfiction Pick
A March 2024 Book of the Month Selection
An Apple Books Best Book of March
A 2024 NPR “Book We Love” Pick
A SheReads and ELLE Most Anticipated Book of 2024
An Esquire Best Memoir of 2024
A USA Today Bestseller
Finalist for the 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
A Great Group Reads of 2024 from the Women’s National Book Association
Here After is a poetic, raw depiction of an unlikely love followed by a dizzying loss. A stunning, taut memoir from debut Canadian author Amy Lin that will resonate deeply with anyone who has been in grief’s grasp.
“When he dies, I fall out of time.”
Amy Lin never expected to find a love like the one she shares with her husband, Kurtis, a gifted young architect who pulls her toward joy, adventure, and greater self-acceptance. On a sweltering August morning, only a few months shy of the newlyweds’ move to Vancouver, thirty-two-year-old Kurtis heads out to run a half-marathon with Amy’s family. It’s the last time she sees her husband alive.
What follows is a rich and unflinchingly honest portrayal of her life with Kurtis, the vortex created by his death, and the ongoing struggle Amy faces as she attempts to understand her own experience in the context of commonly held “truths” about what the grieving process looks like.
Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a memoir so finely etched that its power will remain with you long after the final page.
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