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After You'd Gone

By: Maggie O'Farrell
Narrated by: Lesley Mackie
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Summary

A distraught young woman boards a train at King's Cross to return to her family in Scotland. Six hours later, she catches sight of something so terrible in a mirror at Waverley Station that she gets on the next train back to London, where a traffic accident leaves her in a coma. After You'd Gone follows Alice's mental journey into how she came to be this way, as she twists together threads of memory in a plot that grips from the outset.

It is a love story which is also a story of absence - we discover that Alice's lover, John, has been dead for a year by the time the book starts - and of parental legacies: how actions and choices can reverberate in following generations. Slowly, we are drawn closer to a dark secret at the family's heart, as Alice begins to wonder whether she will ever be whole again, or even survive.

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Where does After You'd Gone rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Near the middle

What did you like best about this story?

gripping first three quarters

What three words best describe Lesley Mackie’s voice?

little variation, over insistent

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Alice knitting a pullover flor her dead boyfriend

Any additional comments?

the main protaganists, Alice and John, were unappealing: Alice, too strident and spoilt, John, too much of a doormat. Cleverly structured but an unconvincing finale

good story, annoyng characters,unvarying tone

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One of those rare books that leave you wanting more...more....more! Thank you to the author!

Insightful and talented writing.

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I can’t describe how much I love this book. It’s so beautiful and painful and happy and tragic

My favourite book ever

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Would you consider the audio edition of After You'd Gone to be better than the print version?

Having not read the book and only listened to the audio I cannot say.

What other book might you compare After You'd Gone to, and why?

I can't think of any quite as good.

Have you listened to any of Lesley Mackie’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No I have not listened to any other of Lesley Mackie's performances but going by this one I would like to.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed and cried, it is a highly emotional book that is beautifully excecuted.

Any additional comments?

I loved the main character Alice, Lesley Mackie's wonderful narration brought her to life. This book is a gripping family saga and I was sorry when it came to an end.

Stunning!

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Loved the writing style and the multiple voices and timelines. Only criticism is that it ended to abruptly for me. There were so many strings still being straightened out but I feel like I didn’t get enough resolution for it to end there. Huge MOF fan and have read so many of her books, although I liked this it is by no means my favourite.

Loved it……. But

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