Afterlife : a novel
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Broadview Public Library District - StacksFIC ALVOn Shelf
LocationCall NumberStatus
Acorn Public Library District - StacksFIC ALVAREZ, J.On Shelf
Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult BooksFIC ALVAREZ J.On Shelf
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - StacksF ALVAREZOn Shelf
Batavia Public Library District - Adult FictionFIC Alvarez, JuliaOn Shelf
Beecher Community Library District - StacksF ALVOn Shelf
Show All Copies

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781643750255, 1643750259

Notes

Description
Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack--but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words. Afterlife is a compact, nimble, and sharply droll novel. Set in this political moment of tribalism and distrust, it asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including--maybe especially--members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? And how do we stay true to those glorious souls we have lost? -- provided by publisher.

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, J. (2020). Afterlife: a novel (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. 2020. Afterlife: A Novel. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. Afterlife: A Novel Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alvarez, Julia. Afterlife: A Novel First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.