After You'd Gone: From the author of Hamnet - one of the most unforgettable love stories you'll ever read

By: Maggie O'Farrell

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Synopsis: The groundbreaking debut novel from the bestselling author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, now with an introduction by Ali Smith*Over 480,000 copies sold*'This devastatingly skilful love story will break your heart!' Alice Winn'Gripping. Superbly moving' Ali SmithA 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.AFTER YOU'D GONE follows Alice's mental journey through her own past, after a traffic accident has left her in a coma. A love story that is also a story of absence, and of how our choices can reverberate through the generations, it slowly draws us closer to a dark secret at a family's heart.'Remarkable. Luminous' Observer'Deeply moving' The Times'An amazing study of love and grief as it poses the wrenching question: What do you do with all the love you have for someone when they're gone?' Glamour