The release date for the English version of 'After You'd Gone' by
Maggie O'Farrell is Feb 2002. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
When Alice Raikes travels by rail from London to Scotland to see her relatives, she sees something so startling that she feels compelled to go back to London right away. After an accident that could or might not have been a suicide attempt, Alice is laying in a coma a few hours later. Long-buried tensions surface as Alice's family gathers at her bedside and they wait, quarrel, and recall. They appear to hide more the more they speak. Alice, on the other hand, alternates between different states of awareness as she remembers her history and a recent romantic relationship. After You'd Gone is a gripping narrative that shifts across historical periods and knits together many points of view. It is the first book by a significant literary talent and has extraordinary psychological depth.