01649cam a2200313 i 4500 1155113743 TxAuBib 20240226120000.0 230221s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023008069 9780593229804 0593229800 TxAuBib rda Quindlen, Anna, author After Annie. After Annie : a novel / Anna Quindlen. First edition. New York : Random House, 2024. ©2024. 1 volume ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on Annie for support through addiction and recovery. Annie's daughter discovers disturbing truths about life in a small town, including at her new best friend's house, where she stumbles upon a dangerous secret. These and other characters reconfigure their lives and learn how to go on, after Annie"-- Provided by publisher. 20240226. Grief Fiction. Family life Fiction. Small cities Fiction. Novels. fast