After the Funeral
Tessa Hadley
Literary Fiction / Contemporary Fiction
After the Funeral
by Tessa Hadley
—· 173 p
Sunday Times Bestsellerreflective
Overview
About
Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection ‘Tessa Hadley is my favourite author’ KATE ATKINSON Heloise’s father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Janey’s bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janey's own age – everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the…
Pages
173
Random House
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Character Psychology10
Prose9
Emotional depth9
Domestic Realism9
Narration8
Pacing6
Plot twists5
Worldbuilding2
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