Afterwards
, by SEIFFERT, RACHELNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781400075034 | 1400075033
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/8/2008
When Alice and Joseph meet, they fall quickly into a tentative but sincere relationship. She is a nurse, he a house painter, and while both are still young and hopeful about this new love, each of them carries an emotional burden. Alice's father has been a yawning absence all her life, and just recently her beloved grandmotherwho helped to raise her-passed away. For his part, Joseph refuses to speak about his experiences as a soldier in Northern Ireland, and Alice suspects that his general reticence hides an even more deeply troubled past. In this powerful story of guilt and privacy, Seiffert asks: To love someone, must you know everything about them? From the Trade Paperback edition.