Grace after Henry
Shortall, Eithne
Grace After Henry is a funny
heartfelt debut novel about one woman learning what it means to move on and to let go. When her fiancé
Henry Walsh
is killed in a freak biking accident
Grace feels like she's lost her own shadow. For five years
they'd been inseparable: five years of the most rollicking
soul-finding love Grace thought any two people could share. In his absence
Grace picks up the pieces of her life: She moves into the dream house they bought together
she returns to work as a chef
she watches TV with her nosy elderly neighbor
but through it all she's ever aware of the Henry-shaped hole in her life. Until his long-lost twin brother knocks on her door. Andy is Henry
and yet he's not quite. Newly arrived in Dublin on his own search for answers
he makes Grace's loss feel both greater and smaller. Soon Grace isn't sure if she's learning to let go or becoming desperate to hold on. Filled with a warm and zany cast of characters all searching for a sense of home
Grace After Henry is a funny
tender
and bittersweet story about love
loss
and second chances.
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