01441cam a2200241 4500 1357289342 TxAuBib 20240328120000.0 230221s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023008069 9780593229804 Hardback 0593229800 Hardback DLC eng DLC TxAuBib Quindlen, Anna. After Annie : a novel / Anna Quindlen. 1st Ed. New York : Random House, 2024. 2024. p. cm. "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. 20240328. Novels.