After Life, Gayle Forman
After Life, Gayle Forman
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After Life

Author: Gayle Forman

Narrator: Gail Shalan, Jade Wheeler, Andrew J. Andersen

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2025

Synopsis

A Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick"Gayle Forman has an uncanny ability to create characters in which we see ourselves, and her latest—which looks at where love goes, after a loss—is an honest, heartbreaking elegy to how memory makes relationships eternal." —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author"I was consumed by this thought-provoking, deftly written, multilayered novel. Gayle Forman reigns as the queen of breaking hearts with a touch of magic." —Adam Silvera, #1 New York Times bestselling author of They Both Die at the EndOne spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It’s just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber’s mom sees her, she screams.Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she’s inexplicably riding now. This return doesn’t only impact Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber’s estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple farther and farther out: Amber’s friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyone’s turmoil, Amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she? How and why was she given this second chance?This magnificent tour de force by acclaimed author Gayle Forman brilliantly explores the porous veil between life and death, examines the impact that one person can have on the world, and celebrates life in all its beautiful complexity.

About Gayle Forman

Award-winning author and journalist Gayle Forman has written several bestselling novels for children and adults, including After Life, Not Nothing, the Just One series, and the #1 New York Times bestseller If I Stay, which has been translated into more than forty languages and was adapted into a major motion picture. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on June 19, 2024

This book appears to be a quick read, but it’s also one of the most compelling reads, especially for grieving people who might imagine seeing their loved ones come back to life as if they had never gone. It’s heart-wrenching and thought-provoking, moving between different timelines to show different......more

Goodreads review by Bookishrealm on January 11, 2025

It's been a while since I've read a Gayle Forman book and I think that this was one a good lesson in grief, but I struggled with some of the character dynamics. What Worked: This was definitely an intriguing read where readers meet a main character who is supposedly back from the dead and is clueless......more

Goodreads review by Librariann on August 24, 2024

** I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher, because I am a librarian and librarians are awesome ** Hello again, Goodreads. I'm still catching up on my vacation read reports. I'm a bit torn about this one, because I've traditionally had all the hearts for Gayle Forman (If I St......more

Goodreads review by Heather~ Nature.books.and.coffee on February 08, 2025

 I was completely captivated by this YA book. It was a really quick, and emotional read with a touch of magic! It was really interesting reading from each different character about how Amber's death affected them. This is a story about grief, and how you manage to move on after such great losses. I......more

Goodreads review by Nursebookie on February 25, 2025

TITLE: After Life  AUTHOR: Gayle Forman PUB DATE: 01.07.2025 I absolutely love the premise of After Life by Gayle Forman about a young woman named Amber given a second chance, when she comes back home alive to her family seven years later after having died. It is a compelling and heart wrenching story......more

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