Sherri Puzey's Reviews > Here After

“How can grief be so universal and yet still so widely misunderstood?”

HERE AFTER is a stunning memoir of love and loss. I’m very drawn to books about grief so I’ve read a lot of them, and this is one of the very best I’ve ever read. @literaryamy’s writing is breathtaking, and this book is truly a work of art in every way: the structure of the book, the layout of the words on each page, the language used to describe the searing pain of the sudden death of Amy’s husband less than two years into their marriage. It’s raw and honest and doesn’t shy away from the realities of grief, the inadequacies of others’ responses to grief, and the inescapable quality of grief. On each page Amy has stripped down her words to hue as closely as possible to the pain of her loss, and despite how much I cried reading this book I couldn’t put it down. A remarkable love story and an outstanding literary memoir—I can’t recommend it enough. Out March 5.

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