Since November 2009Book News: After You by Julie Buxbaum
May 7th, 2010 by Leah
I’ve heard lots about Julie Buxbaum - so much so that I have her debut novel sitting on my shelf waiting to be read. Her second book After You is due out on August 19th and I’ll definitely be picking myself up a copy as I love the sound of it. I also love the simpleness of the cover. Here’s the synopsis:
On a random Thursday afternoon, Ellie Lerner’s life is turned upside when she learns the heartbreaking news that Lucy, her best friend since childhood, has been murdered on the tree-lined streets of Notting Hill. And, as best friends do, Ellie drops everything - her marriage, her job, her life in the Boston suburbs - to travel to London to pick up the pieces. While Lucy’s shell-shocked husband, Greg, seeks solace in work and the pub, her brilliant and traumatized child, Sophie, has simply stopped speaking. Desperate to help Sophie, Ellie turns to a book that gave her comfort as a child, The Secret Garden. As the two spend hours exploring the novel’s winding passageways, its story of hurt, magic, and healing blooms around them. But so, too, do the secrets Lucy kept hidden, even from her best friend. Over a summer in London, as Ellie peels back the layers of her friend’s life, she’s forced to confront her own as well. Suddenly her carefully constructed existence spins out of control in a chain of events that will transform her life o and the lives of those around her - forever.
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This sounds really good!
I too have Julie’s debut book in my reading pile which I must get around to reading….too many new books coming out distracting me.