Here After
A Memoir
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Amy Lin
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Amy Lin
About this listen
A USA Today Bestseller
Starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Library Journal
Best Book of 2024 Pick by Esquire, ELLE, SheReads, and Kirkus
A 2024 NPR “Book We Love” Pick
A March 2024 Book of the Month Selection
An Apple Books Best Book of March
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 is the last time she sees her husband alive.
What follows is a rich and unflinchingly honest account of her life with Kurtis and the vortex created by his death. 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 you finish listening.
©2024 Amy Lin (P)2024 Zibby PublishingCritic reviews
“This book is a little wonder—a clear, utterly courageous act of love.” —ELLE
“If you’ve ever known loss so cataclysmic that you want not stories of hope or survival, but ones that cry out in their brokenness—if you are looking for a place to meet your own pain or perhaps feel less alone with it—Here After might be the companion you need.” —Esquire
“As the author navigates the wake of her inexplicable loss, readers will be both humbled by and grateful for the way she brings us into her world. A beautifully visceral and emotionally intimate depiction of young widowhood.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)