{"product_id":"afterlife-paperback-3","title":"Afterlife - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Alvarez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling author Julia Alvarez delivers a luminous look inside the mind of a literature professor trying to rediscover who she is after the sudden death of her husband.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfterlife\u003c\/i\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Time Magazine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMust-Read Book of 2020 A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBustle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMs. magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e The Lily\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLitHub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The In the Time of the Butterflies icon makes a satisfying and long-awaited return to adult fiction with this kind tale of grief and sisterhood ...deeply poignant.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gorgeously intimate portrait of an immigrant writer and recent widow carving out hope in the face of personal and political grief.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A stunning work of art that reminds readers Alvarez is, and always has been, in a class of her own.\" --Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award-winning author of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Poet X \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Alvarez\u003c\/b\u003e left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She is the author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, three collections of poetry, and eleven books for children and young adults. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer in residence at Middlebury College. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by \u003ci\u003eLatina\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library's program \"The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.\" \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e, with over one million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling. In 2024, she was profiled in the American Masters documentary, \"Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined,\" on PBS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46611364282412,"sku":"9781643751368","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/Hg1Ml4bH789781643751368.webp?v=1794232250","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/afterlife-paperback-3","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}