After the Fall - Charity Norman Reading-Group Fiction (Paperback)
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After the Fall - Charity Norman Reading-Group Fiction (Paperback)

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Published: 03/01/2013
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In the quiet of a New Zealand winter's night, a rescue helicopter is sent to airlift a five-year-old boy with severe internal injuries. He's fallen from the upstairs veranda of an isolated farmhouse, and his condition is critical. At first, Finn's fall looks like a horrible accident; after all, he's prone to sleepwalking. Only his frantic mother, Martha McNamara, knows how it happened. And she isn't telling. Not yet. Maybe not ever.

Tragedy isn't what the McNamara family expected when they moved to New Zealand. For Martha, it was an escape. For her artist husband Kit, it was a dream. For their small twin boys, it was an adventure. For sixteen-year-old Sacha, it was the start of a nightmare.

They end up on the isolated east coast of the North Island, seemingly in the middle of a New Zealand tourism campaign. But their peaceful idyll is soon shattered as the choices Sacha makes lead the family down a path which threatens to destroy them all.

Martha finds herself facing a series of impossible decisions, each with devastating consequences for her family.

Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781743314890
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 360 g
Dimensions: 199 x 129 x 28 mm
Edition: Main


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Original, wonderfully written and utterly gripping, this is a corker of a tale. * The Sun *
After The Fall is a gripping tale that would appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult and Joanna Trollope... A page turning book to while away a winter's evening. * Red Online *
Jodi Picoult had better look over her shoulder - she's got a new contender by the name of Charity Norman. * Sydney Morning Herald *
A gripping story, which touches on the fragility of trust, the strength of love and, of course, second chances. This is Norman's second novel. Her style is emerging as reminiscent of bestselling author Jodi Picoult. * Sunday Canberra Times *
Will appeal to devotees of Joanna Trollope and Jodi Picoult... [Norman] is hot on their heels. * Daily Mail on Freeing Grace *
Easy to read, hard to put down, it'll move you to tears. * Easy Living on Freeing Grace *

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“Wonderful, moving read.”

‘I hoped I was dreaming, because this was a terrifying nightmare.’

Five-year-old Finn is taken by rescue helicopter to hospital one night after a fall from the upstairs balcony of his family home deep in rural New... More

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“gripping read”

A really good read, a real page turner, I felt as if I knew all the characters in person, the story really pulled you in, just wanted it to go on and on.

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“pure brilliance”

I really enjoyed this book for the first 70%, after which, it became absolutely exceptional and a read of pure brilliance.
The characters are very easy to love and the story holds a strong moral of sticking by those... More

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