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Nominated for the Governor General''s Literary Awards 2005, (Children''s Literature, Text)


Fifteen-year-old Francis’s father has committed suicide and nothing will be the same again. Suicide is ugly, unglamorous, and it is never a solution. Its aftermath is dreadful.

At first, Francis feels a terrible guilt. Could he have been a better son? What if he hadn’t left his home in Montreal to go on a brief holiday in New York the weekend it happened? Soon the guilt turns to anger and then to a sadness so profound that he thinks he can’t bear it.

After is the map of a year following the suicide of a family member. In the course of months, with the love of his mother, with counseling, and with the balm of time, Francis takes his first steps toward coming to terms with his father’s - and his family’s - tragedy. After is intensely personal, but it will resonate with anyone who has faced the loss of a loved one.

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      Publisher Tundra Books
      Published 11 October 2005
      ISBN-13 9780887767050
      978-0887767050
      ISBN-10 0887767052

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nominated for the Governor General''s Literary Awards 2005, (Children''s Literature, Text)


      Fifteen-year-old Francis’s father has committed suicide and nothing will be the same again. Suicide is ugly, unglamorous, and it is never a solution. Its aftermath is dreadful.

      At first, Francis feels a terrible guilt. Could he have been a better son? What if he hadn’t left his home in Montreal to go on a brief holiday in New York the weekend it happened? Soon the guilt turns to anger and then to a sadness so profound that he thinks he can’t bear it.

      After is the map of a year following the suicide of a family member. In the course of months, with the love of his mother, with counseling, and with the balm of time, Francis takes his first steps toward coming to terms with his father’s - and his family’s - tragedy. After is intensely personal, but it will resonate with anyone who has faced the loss of a loved one.

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