
After the End
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Narrated by:
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Louise Brealey
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Matt Reeves
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Nathalie Armin
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By:
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Clare Mackintosh
From New York Times best-selling author Clare Mackintosh comes a deeply moving and addictive novel about an impossible choice - and the two paths fate could take.
“A beautifully written novel, compelling and clever, tender and true. I can’t stop thinking about it.” (Liane Moriarty, best-selling author of Big Little Lies)
“Tailor-made for book clubs and for fans of Jodi Picoult.” (Publishers Weekly)
Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They're best friends, lovers - unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time, Max and Pip can't agree. They each want a different future for their son.
What if they could have both?
A gripping and propulsive exploration of love, marriage, parenthood, and the road not taken, After the End brings one unforgettable family from unimaginable loss to a surprising, satisfying, and redemptive ending and the life they are fated to find. With the emotional power of Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper, Mackintosh helps us to see that sometimes the end is just another beginning.
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Critic reviews
"Medical ethics and familial bonds are tested in Clare Mackintosh’s After the End.... Expertly told...[with] a ray of hope at the end." (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
“Clare Mackintosh’s complex, riveting page-turner grapples with hard questions without ever straying from its emotional true north. I fell in love with the compelling voices of Pip, Max, and Leila as they explored the bravest and most terrifying words in the English language: What if. After the End is gorgeous, heart-wrenching, hope-soaked, and honest. It made me feel a thousand things, and it also made me think. Get an extra copy for a friend; you’re going to need to talk about this one.” (Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times best-selling author of Never Have I Ever)
"Clare Mackintosh’s After the End is absolutely compulsive reading, a heart-pounding family story with a child’s life in the balance. So skilled is this author, that, just when the reader thinks there is no possible resolution, another door opens. You may think you’ve experienced medical drama before, but you haven’t, not this way.” (Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times best-selling author of The Deep End of the Ocean)
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Devastatingly difficult and beautiful
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Good book
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The Authors note is lovely snd affirming . I had to backtrack a couple times to keep the stories clear . Loved it .
Beautiful
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Max and Pip are told that their beautiful little 19 month old son, Dylan, has a brain cancer that is incurable. The doctors can remove parts of the tumor but will not be able to remove it all. Even if they could, they cancer will return. Plus, Dylan has brain damage. They are forced to make an unbelievable, unimaginable decision that no parent should have to make. AND no one should ever have to make in the public sector. This is a decision that doesn’t belong on any social media, newspapers, TV, etc. Because until you personally have to go through something like this, you have no business expressing an opinion to those who are living through it. And even then, should you know a bit of what they might be experiencing or feeling or going through, every situation is different.
Off my soap box, I also have a feeling that little Oscar Keogh might have played a part in this story as well. For more information about his journey and charity go to https://oscarskids.org for another hauntingly beautiful story.
A Novel that will stay with You Forever
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I loved it.
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Outstanding
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Couldn’t even push pause
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wow
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Characters were so real
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Emotional and thought provoking
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