The After Wife, Cass Hunter
The After Wife, Cass Hunter
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The After Wife
The most uplifting and surprising page-turner of the year

Author: Cass Hunter

Narrator: Penelope Rawlins

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Trapeze

Published: 03/29/2018


Synopsis

"I saw you, and I knew instantly that I could grow old with you. We'd be future-proof."

When Rachel and Aidan fell in love, they thought it was forever.
She was a brilliant, high-flying scientist. He was her loving and supportive husband.
Now she's gone, and Aidan must carry on and raise their daughter alone.
But Rachel has left behind her life's work, a gift of love to see them through the dark days after her death.

A gift called iRachel.

The After Wife is an emotional story about love, loss, longing and belonging. For readers who loved The Time Traveller's Wife, Me Before You and The Lovely Bones.
Read by Penelope Rawlins
(p) Orion Publishing Group 2018

About Cass Hunter

Cass Hunter was born in South Africa and moved to the UK in 2000. She lives in North London with her husband and two sons. She is an avid lifelong learner, and works at a London university. Cass Hunter is the pen name of Rosie Fiore, whose novels include After Isabella, What She Left, Babies in Waiting and Wonder Women.

About Penelope Rawlins

As an award winning audiobook narrator, Penelope has voiced over 200 audiobooks and was nominated by Audible for Narrator of the Year. Favourite titles include: Gorilla's in the Mist, The Turn of the Screw, Homeland: Carrie's Run, Homeland:Saul's Game (based on the CBS television series), The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvin Welsh, The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes, Unseen by Karin Slaughter, Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson, Hattie B Magical Vet children's series, The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory and The After Wife by Cass Hunter.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Miriam on August 13, 2018

"The After Wife" by Cass Hunter was a fabulous and moving read that really tugged at my heartstrings. What an emotional but highly intelligent and well written story! I didn't know what to expect from the blurb, as it sounded quite fantastical but once I started reading it, I was astounded by how mu......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on July 07, 2018

Rachel a scientist was happily married to Aidan for 18 years and they have a 15 year old daughter Chloe. From the start you can see that they are very much in love and very supportive of each other, their love is the type that even death cannot extinguish. After Rachel dies leaving Aidan bereft and c......more

Goodreads review by Diana on January 02, 2022

3.45 ⭐ Книгата е с интересен замисъл, но е по- скоро романс/ семейна история с научно- фантастични елементи, отколкото твърда научна фантасика, каквато очаквах да бъде. И въпреки всичко, именно сърдечността и емоционалността на романа, му придава някакъв особен чар.......more

Goodreads review by Dale on April 30, 2019

Four and a half stars. Rachel is a brilliant scientist. Her career and the work she is doing is important to her. Aiden accepts this and is always there to pick up the slack and has spent more time over the years looking after their, now 15 year old, daughter Chloe than Rachel has. And that’s ok. The......more

Goodreads review by Liz on September 08, 2018

At last I can share my review having read this book months ago! I fell in love. Oh The After Wife was beautiful. Simply beautiful. You wouldn’t think a book featuring a robot could be so gorgeously emotional, but the heart of this novel has little to do with the science and everything to do with an ex......more


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It was original, beautiful, moving and insanely addictive - I wept and I laughed and I will be recommending it to everyone I know. Katie Marsh, author of MY EVERYTHING

I found The After Wife thought-provoking, compelling and strangely real - I loved it. And it kept me reading into the early hours several nights in row! Isabel Ashdown

The healing power of love transcends death - This was such a beautifully written, emotionally compelling book. I loved it. Rachael Lucas

Absorbing, moving and insightful. A compelling vision of what we all stand to gain (and lose) from the rise of the robots. Ann Morgan

A wonderful, moving novel about family, love, and loss - and how, we can often find in the past what we need in the present. I adored this book - it's fresh, beautiful, profound and at times funny, it made me cry, but also made me smile. Sue Watson

An original moving story about what it means to be human... and what it means to truly love. All the feels! Tracy Buchanan

A story of love, loss and the future; it'll bamboozle and confound you in the best of ways EMERALD STREET

Whatever our future brings, The After Wife shows us that the human heart never needs an upgrade. David M Barnett

I was emotionally wrung out by the end. Caroline Hulse

Unique, poignant, clever. Such a great idea brought to life (or to humanoid) beautifully. The Unmumsy Mum