Here After, Amy Lin
Here After, Amy Lin
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Here After
A Memoir

Author: Amy Lin

Narrator: Amy Lin

Unabridged: 3 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/05/2024


Synopsis

A USA Today Bestseller
Starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Library Journal
Best Book of 2024 Pick by Esquire, ELLE, SheReads, and Kirkus
A 2024 NPR “Book We Love” Pick
A March 2024 Book of the Month Selection
An Apple Books Best Book of March

Finalist for the 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
A Great Group Reads of 2024 from the Women’s National Book Association

Here After is a poetic, raw depiction of an unlikely love followed by a dizzying loss. A stunning, taut memoir from debut Canadian author Amy Lin that will resonate deeply with anyone who has been in grief’s grasp.

When he dies, I fall out of time.

Amy Lin never expected to find a love like the one she shares with her husband, Kurtis, a gifted young architect who pulls her toward joy, adventure, and greater self-acceptance. On a sweltering August morning, only a few months shy of the newlyweds’ move to Vancouver, thirty-two-year-old Kurtis heads out to run a half-marathon with Amy’s family. It is the last time she sees her husband alive.

What follows is a rich and unflinchingly honest account of her life with Kurtis and the vortex created by his death. Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a memoir so finely etched that its power will remain with you long after the final page.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas on May 27, 2024

This book wrecked me in the best possible way. In Here After, Amy Lin writes about her husband’s death at the tragic age of 32, their relationship before and her journey into grief afterward. She captures scenes and emotions so well, writing about the moments she and Kurtis shared together throughou......more

Goodreads review by Darryl on February 29, 2024

I feel raw. This was absolutely breathtaking. Grief, mourning, pain, and heartache written in such a brutally forward manner. Devastatingly potent and emotionally honest. I cried multiple times. There are so many people I’ve lost to death recently, but this memoir made me think most about a friend, w......more

Goodreads review by Jan on April 19, 2024

one of the most depressing books I've ever read.......more

Goodreads review by Angela on March 08, 2024

This book called to me since my husband of 13 years died unexpectedly, instantly four years ago. I'm a fellow young widow and it's extremely isolating, which leads me to read every sad book in the world, obviously. It's hard to rate a memoir...you kind of feel like a jerk for downgrading someone's e......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on April 17, 2024

About the book: “Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a stunning, taut memoir from debut author Amy Lin so finely etched and powerful that it will alter readers' hearts. ‘When he dies, I fall out of time.’” I choose to read about grief often because I have difficult......more