{"product_id":"in-the-aftermath-paperback","title":"In the Aftermath - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen David Herron--overwhelmed and despairing, his family's business and \u003cbr\u003efinances in ruin due to the bursting lending bubble of 2008--takes his \u003cbr\u003eown life one chilly spring morning, he has no idea the ripple effect his\u003cbr\u003e decision will set into motion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo years later, his widow, Jules, is now an employee of the bakery she \u003cbr\u003eand David used to own--and still full of bitterness over David's lies, \u003cbr\u003eperceived cowardice, and ultimate abandonment of her and their \u003cbr\u003enow-teenage daughter, Rennie. Rennie, meanwhile, struggles socially at \u003cbr\u003eschool, resents her work-obsessed mother, and is convinced she's to \u003cbr\u003eblame for her father's death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Denise, the former police detective who worked (and, due to her own\u003cbr\u003e personal struggles at the time, mishandled) David's case, catches sight\u003cbr\u003e of Rennie at her sons' school, she's struck by the girl's halo of \u003cbr\u003esadness--and becomes obsessed with attempting to right the wrongs she \u003cbr\u003ebelieves she perpetrated two years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd as all this unfolds in Boston, Daniel, the guilt-ridden young man \u003cbr\u003ewho, in his old life as a banker, helped create the circumstances that \u003cbr\u003eled to David's suicide, continues to punish himself for his sins by \u003cbr\u003eliving half a life, working odd jobs and bouncing from one US city to \u003cbr\u003eanother, never staying long enough to make friends or build something \u003cbr\u003elasting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, each of these very different people--all of them tied \u003cbr\u003etogether by one tragic event--must learn in their own way how to say \u003cbr\u003egood-bye to the past and move into a brighter future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Ward\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e (Forge 2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Mosaic Artist\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eIn the Aftermath\u003c\/i\u003e (She Writes Press 2021). After graduating from Simmons College, she worked in the food and hospitality industry; later, she became a contributing writer to an online food magazine and a blogger and occasional host of cooking videos for an internet recipe resource affiliated with several regional newspapers. Most recently she has contributed book reviews to \u003ci\u003eStory Circle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMom Egg Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She loves to travel, and to document her trips through travel photography. Jane lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.43 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46153063432378,"sku":"9781647421939","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/pmPXdp1zoU9781647421939.webp?v=1783926020","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/in-the-aftermath-paperback","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}