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From New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh comes a deeply moving and page-turning novel about an impossible choice—and the two paths fate could take.
Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They're best friends, lovers—unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time, Max and Pip can't agree. They each want a different future for their son.
What if they could have both?
A gripping and propulsive exploration of love, marriage, parenthood, and the road not taken, After the End brings one unforgettable family from unimaginable loss to a surprising, satisfying, and redemptive ending and the life they are fated to find. With the emotional power of Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper, Mackintosh helps us to see that sometimes the end is just another beginning.
"[Clare Mackintosh is] a natural writer, and her powers of observation are keen....An unlikely page turner...A perceptive, skillfully told story." —Kirkus Reviews
"Heart-breaking tragedy and unthinkable decisions lie at the center...Sure to keep fans of Jodi Picoult or of Tayari Jones' An American Marriage thinking about issues of morality and marriage long after the last page." —Booklist
"Mackintosh veers from the thrillers for which she is known into quieter, but no less captivating, territory...[After the End] is tailor-made for book clubs and for fans of Jodi Picoult." —Publishers Weekly
"After the End is a beautifully written novel, compelling and clever, tender and true. I can't stop thinking about it." —Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies
"Both utterly heart rending and incredibly uplifting, After the End is the most moving book you'll read this year." —Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone
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Clare Mackintosh is the New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of I Let You Go, I See You, and Let Me Lie, translated into more than thirty-five languages and with more than two million copies sold worldwide. She is the founder of Chipping Norton Literary Festival and is the patron of the Silver Star Society, an Oxford-based charity that provides special care for mothers with medical complications during pregnancy at John Radcliffe Hospital. She lives in North Wales with her husband and their three children.
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