The World After Alice by Lauren Aliza Green
A Poignant Debut Novel from Lauren Aliza Green — Longlisted for the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award
For fans of Anne Tyler and Claire Lombardo, this deeply moving, sharply written family drama explores grief, secrets, and resilience with wit and heart
'Glimmers with fine writing and notes of human insight' Ann Napolitano
'A page turner . . . honest, funny and deeply empathic' Charmaine Wilkerson
'Deeply moving' Heat
'This dramatic tragi-comedy takes us right into the head of each character' Daily Mail
'Poignant and thought-provoking' Culturefly
'Will make you laugh and moments later choke you up . . . impressively executed' Glamour
'Such a fascinating portrayal of secrets, deceit, the complicated nature of family relationships and societal expectations. I will be recommending this book to everybody I know!' 5* Reader Review
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Morgan and Benji are getting married.
Which comes as a shock to their families . . .
Twelve years ago, sixteen-year-old Alice Weil, Benji’s sister and Morgan’s best friend, died. No one is quite the same. As Benji and Morgan bring the two families together for the first time since the funeral, they know old wounds have yet to heal.
But as the guests descend on a tranquil New England town, it’s clear that these estranged families won’t come quietly.
Add in old flames, unexpected new loves, and the sharp secrets some still carry about Alice, and Morgan and Benji wonder not will the marriage last, but will they survive the wedding?
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'A bouquet of a book: thoughtful, heartfelt, funny, tender, tough and gorgeously written. A tremendous new writer' Elizabeth McCracken
'A study of grief, resilience and surprising joy. I know these characters will stay with me' Mary Beth Keane
'Intricately structured and elegantly written . . . a family drama that pivots between the sweeping and the intimate in seamless, wildly entertaining prose' Catherine Lacey
'Green writes with a poet’s ear and an impressionist’s eye, and the result is a wise, elegiac novel that is impossible to put down even after turning the last gorgeous page' Bret Anthony Johnston
'Truly elegant . . . I turned the pages as fast as I could, aching to understand the impossible' Hanna Halperin
Deeply moving . . . reflects on the different ways grief affects people, the complex nature of families, and how lies and deceit and tear fragile relationships apart * Heat *
A 'sizzling summer read' * Grazia *
A 'Literary Summer Romance' Pick * Vogue *
This dramatic tragi-comedy, full of delicious bourgeois lifestyle detail takes us right into the head of each character * Daily Mail *
A page-turner of a family drama . . . at turns brutally honest, funny, and deeply empathic -- Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake
A bouquet of a book: thoughtful, heartfelt, funny, tender, tough, and gorgeously written. It is a novel about how love won't save you, except in the ways that it does, about the pain of family life, and also its transcendent qualities. Green is a tremendous new writer -- Elizabeth McCracken, author of The Hero of This Book
A captivating romance * Woman's Weekly *
Gripping . . . a pool side page-turner * Sainsbury's Magazine *
Intricately structured and elegantly written, The World After Alice is a family drama that pivots between the sweeping and the intimate in seamless, wildly entertaining prose -- Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X
In The World After Alice, Lauren Aliza Green lays bare the mysteries of grief, growth, and love in the wake of unthinkable loss. Green writes with a poet’s ear and an impressionist’s eye, and the result is a wise, elegiac novel that is impossible to put down even after turning the last gorgeous page -- Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Remember Me Like This
Captivating * Woman *
A study of grief, resilience, and surprising joy in the face of incomprehensible loss. I know these characters will stay with me -- Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes
In this truly elegant novel, two families come together to celebrate a wedding. But through Lauren Aliza Green’s precise, amusing, and beautiful writing, we get to explore the mysterious ways that joy and grief tangle together. Each character is tenderly drawn yet frighteningly real. I read this book, and the complicated relationships within, turning the pages as fast as I could, aching to understand the impossible -- Hanna Halperin, author of I Could Live Here Forever
A poignant and thought-provoking examination of love, healing and long-held secrets, and of grief in all its many forms * Culturefly *
Will make you laugh and moments later choke you up with its intricately woven narrative that is impressively executed * Glamour *
A Maine wedding reunites two families—and resurrects buried griefs and secrets along the way. With a remarkable cast of characters Lauren Aliza Green creates a panoramic, suspenseful, and ultimately very moving exploration of loss and recovery. The World After Alice is a beautiful and accomplished debut -- Laura Van Den Berg, author of What The World Will Look Like When All The Water Leaves Us
Over an unforgettable weekend, old flames are rekindled, new loves discovered and long-held secrets come to light in this captivating tale of romance * Woman's Own Book Club *
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| ISBN 13 | 9781405964005 |
| ISBN 10 | 1405964006 |
| Title | The World After Alice |
| Author | Lauren Aliza Green |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2025-07-24 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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