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AfterlifeJulia Alvarez
Literary

Afterlife

272 pagesFirst published 20205 editions
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"A literature professor tries to rediscover who she is after the sudden death of her husband, even as a series of family and political jolts force her to ask what we owe those in crisis in our families, biological or otherwise"-- Antonia Vega 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, but now she finds that…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
PaperbackAlgonquin Books20212889781643751368
EditionAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill20202569781643750255
AudiobookRecorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing202019781664489318
EditionThorndike Press Large Print20202879781432881948
EditionAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill20202729781643750507
American literatureFiction, family lifeFiction, family life, generalAuthorsFictionWidowsGriefIllegal aliens