Book: After Annie
Author: Anna Quindlen
Pages: 304
This is my 193rd read for the year
When Annie suddenly dies, she leaves behind a husband and 4 young children. Her family is floundering and trying to figure out how to move on. Bill, her husband, didn't realize how much he relied on Annie until she was gone. The eldest, Ally, at 13 feels like she needs to step in and take over some of the adult chores of the house when her father goes into a deep depression at the loss of his wife. His three sons at 11, 8, and 6 are all grieving in their own ways - the little one hardly understanding what has happened to his mother. Annie's best friend Anne Marie steps in to try and help since Annie helped her at her lowest. Over the course of the year this family goes from profound grief to pulling themselves up and trying to figure out how to move on.
This was a decent book. It took me a little bit to get into - at first feeling like it was just a rambling story. But then I started to realize that was kind of the purpose. This is what would probably happen to most of us if we lost a mother or father/wife or husband. I liked most of the characters - except Bill's mother. I think the author wrote her especially awful. It was a bit repetitive, but it did pull together in the end.
Stars: 4
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