After

= **After** = by Francis Chalifour
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In the year that follows his father's suicide, fifteen year old Francis, his younger brother Luc and their mom struggle to survive both financially and emotionally. This compelling and beautifully written novel explores the guilt, anger, loneliness and eventual healing that the family, and in particular the narrator Francis, experiences. Heartbreaking yet hopeful, After is an unbelievably moving portrait of loss, love and forgiveness.**