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The After Wife

By: Melanie Summers
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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After losing her husband, writer Abigail Carson has all but given up on life. Having spent the last year cocooned in her Manhattan apartment, Abigail is suddenly forced to find a new home where she can stretch her dwindling savings. Intent on isolation, she moves to a tiny village in Nova Scotia where she'll have no one to interrupt her solitude.

Little does Abigail realize that small-town life offers far less privacy than the big city. With neighbors knocking on the door bearing homemade treats and invitations, Abby soon finds herself immersed in the lives of the people of South Haven. She forms an unlikely friendship with Liam Wright, the handyman renovating her dilapidated cottage, and his daughter, seven-year-old Olive.

As the dark cloud engulfing Abigail lifts, she starts to think she may have found love again. But just as Abigail is ready to leap, she discovers Liam carries with him a shocking secret that will ultimately cause everything to unravel. Abigail must decide if she will turn away from his pain or open her heart in the most hopeless of circumstances.

Contains mature themes.

©2020 Gretz Corp. (P)2020 Tantor Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt
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+ Tavia Gilbert has done a terrific well narration. Her angry voice, child voice perfect
+ Melanie Summer thank you for this beautiful story, maybe a part 2 with some of the side characters?
+ No smut which is fine with me
+ A adorable cat, daughter and townfolks
+ Every chapter start with a interesting quote
+ No tropes any at all feels so natural

Life altering story

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I have read 3 of Melanie Summer's books before and expected this one to be as entertaining and lighter weight as the others. But this was in another, and very memorable, league. Heartbreaking at times, humorous at others, and written with total realism and understanding of the human condition. I will remember this reading for a long time to come and unhesitatingly award it five stars.

After wife

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Such a beautiful and sad story. I love the quotes on between. Would definitely recommend it.

Beautiful

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what a fabulous story, I fell for it all, I loved all the main characters, and with superb narration. xx

WOW, just beautiful

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I took this on as a bit of variety.. I listen to books at work and must say that the performance of this story stopped me in my tracks on a number of occasions. A deep, sad but joyful tale of rediscovery.. there aren't really any huge surprises from my perspective but at times, that's exactly what you want. A story with a familiar and reassuring flavour, hope that in the end everything will be OK. A happy read

a classic story with an incredible performance

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