More After the Break, Jen Maxfield
More After the Break, Jen Maxfield
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More After the Break
A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories

Author: Jen Maxfield

Narrator: Jen Maxfield

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/12/2022


Synopsis

A reporter uncovers the rest of the story
In More After the Break, Jen Maxfield revisits ten memorable stories from her career as a TV news reporter, describing in heart-pounding detail how the events unfolded and revealing what happened after the cameras went away. She introduces readers to unforgettable people who will inspire you with their hopefulness, even when confronting life’s greatest heartbreaks: a young man who lost both legs in a ferry crash, an endurance athlete with stage-four lung cancer, a fifth grader on a doomed field trip, an Ivy League undergrad sentenced to decades in prison, a young woman who gave her life for an animal, a Wall Street executive on an ill-fated bike ride, a preschooler whose health hinged on an immigration battle, a family who lost everything in a hurricane, a mother who fought back against domestic violence, and a man who stood up for his rights while seated in his wheelchair.
Returning to find these people years—even decades—after she featured their stories on the news gives Maxfield an opportunity to ask the burning questions she had always pondered: What happened after the live truck pulled away? What is the rest of the story?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Collette on July 18, 2022

In More After the Break, television news reporter Jen Maxfield returns to ten of her most memorable stories to revisit and follow-up on what has transpired since she first met them on what is often, she explains, the worst day of their lives. It is a captivating premise for a news book, as the fast......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on July 02, 2022

News is the first draft of history. I’m obsessed with the news so this immediately caught my eye! The name was clever too. This is a collection of meaningful stories from Jen Maxfield’s career as a reporter for a NBC local affiliate in NJ and the NY area. It’s amazing to see the impact that local jou......more

Goodreads review by Tara on July 29, 2023

Jen narrates this and recounts notable news story and, in most cases, a current follow-up on the people involved in each story. Since most stories took place in the NY/NJ area I remember them well. I am not a huge fan of the news and so much of this was sad and hard to relive but it’s done very well......more

Goodreads review by Elyssa on July 06, 2022

Fascinating book and extremely well-written!......more

Goodreads review by Star on July 18, 2022

Thank you NetGalley and Greenleaf Audiobooks for accepting my request to read and review More After the Break. After reading the synopsis, I tried to imagine what types of stories would she check on, and to my surprise people were willing to speak to her much later. The stories are primarily human in......more