
After Her
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Narrated by:
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Joyce Maynard
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By:
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Joyce Maynard
The New York Times best-selling author of Labor Day and The Good Daughters returns with a haunting novel of sisterhood, sacrifice, and suspense.
I was always looking for excitement, until I found some....
Summer, 1979: A dry, hot Northern California school vacation stretches before Rachel and her younger sister, Patty - the daughters of a larger-than-life, irresistibly handsome (and chronically unfaithful) detective father and the mother whose heart he broke.
When we first meet her, Patty is 11 - a gangly kid who loves basketball and dogs and would do anything for her older sister, Rachel. Rachel is obsessed with making up stories and believes she possesses the gift of knowing what's in the minds of people around her. She has visions, whether she wants to or not. Left to their own devices, the sisters spend their days studying record jackets, concocting elaborate fantasies about the mysterious neighbor who moved in down the street, and playing dangerous games on the mountain that looms behind their house.
When young women start turning up dead on the mountain, the girls' father is put in charge of finding the murderer known as the "Sunset Strangler". Watching her father's life slowly unravel as months pass and more women are killed, Rachel embarks on her most dangerous game yet...using herself as bait to catch the killer. But rather than cracking the case, the consequences of Rachel's actions will destroy her father's career and alter forever the lives of everyone she loves.
Thirty years later, still haunted by the belief that the killer remains at large, Rachel constructs a new strategy to smoke out the Sunset Strangler and vindicate her father - a plan that unexpectedly unearths a long-buried family secret.
Loosely inspired by the Trailside Killer case that terrorized Marin County, California, in the late 1970s, After Her is part thriller, part love story. Maynard has created a poignant, suspenseful, and painfully real family saga that traces a young girl's first explorations of sexuality, the loss of innocence, the bond shared by sisters, and the tender but damaged relationship between a girl and her father that endures even beyond the grave.
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Joyce Maynard writes a strong passionate novel that vividly describes sisters that barely survived the seventies. I gladly rode on their emotional rollercoaster with them through those crazy teenage thoughts, peer pressure and disappointing parents. Woven in is a very clever and captivating detective investigation that had this reader gasping aloud.
I greatly enjoyed After Her and highly recommend it. The summary is accurate. I could not put it away and was sneeking listens. When this book opened up and I realized that Joyce Maynard was narrating her own book I said out loud to myself, “Always a bad decision.” It wasn’t. By the end of this listen I was claiming it a perfect choice.
I'll be singing M M M MY Sharona for days.
Endearing and Heartbreaking Sister Bond
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Excellent!
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Phenomenal
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Would you try another book from Joyce Maynard and/or Joyce Maynard?
perhaps, if not narrated by the author.Would you listen to another book narrated by Joyce Maynard?
Probably not. The story was interesting, but I could not get used to the narration.Was After Her worth the listening time?
A bit of a waste of time.I really wanted to like this book
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Maynard's craft is excellent; too bad the content is so dull and depressing.
How can a book with a serial killer be so boring?
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Wonderful to listen to, decent story
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What did you love best about After Her?
I really liked the character development - I felt as if I knew and definitely cared about them. The relationship development between the two sisters was excellent.Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Not really on the edge of the seat plot - not a super thriller. There are some books that you can actually leave the room for a couple of minutes and not really miss much. This book ISN'T one of those - there isn't a lot of meaningless filler and I wouldn't have wanted to leave the room without putting the book on pause.Have you listened to any of Joyce Maynard’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I haven't listed to her books, but I will definitely look at the others she's written.Any additional comments?
I'm glad I picked this book - hopefully you will too :-)Very Enjoyable!
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Slow
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What did you love best about After Her?
The reader (the author) and the family story. Joyce Maynard is a writer definitely worth the time.What other book might you compare After Her to and why?
I don't usually read or listen to books about the gruesome topic in this book but the family story is transformative and the reader (author) is excellent. I look forward to more ofJoyce Maynard's readings...and moreover her writing!!!
Have you listened to any of Joyce Maynard’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
NoWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The flow of the story is moving....no giving away the surprises along the way.Any additional comments?
This book kept me on the trail during many miles of walking!CAPTIVATING STORY
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A bond between sisters
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