After You Left

By: Carol Mason

Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden

You want to know what the worst thing is? It's not the embarrassment, or the looks on people's faces when I tell them what happened. It isn't the pain of him not being there - loneliness is manageable.

The worst thing is not knowing why.

When Justin walks out on Alice on their honeymoon, with no explanation apart from a cryptic note, Alice is left alone and bewildered, her life in pieces.

Then she meets Evelyn, a visitor to the gallery where she works. It's a seemingly chance encounter, but Alice gradually learns that Evelyn has motives, and a heartbreaking story, of her own. And that story has haunting parallels with Alice's life.

As Alice delves into the mystery of why Justin left her, the questions are obvious. But the answers may lie in the most unlikely of places...

©2017 Carol Mason (P)2017 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

heart wrenching

a very good story that everyone can relate to. the narration was excellent. this is a book you can read all in one day. you don't have a choice, it pulls you in, all in, the first chapter.

Loved it!!

absolutely loved this story!! I couldn't put it down! It is now one of my favorites.

A story within a story

This book took me a minute to get used to but once it sucked me in, I couldn’t put it down. The story of Alice and Justin is the “setting” of the story but there is another story told within this story - the story of Evelyn - that was so moving. While I suppose this is technically a romance, the romance is not as “in your face” or graphic as some, and it really feels like more of a mystery.

I kept thinking 'what the heck???'

For better or worse, After You Left will keep you on your toes. Is it a mystery? Well, yeah- but not the one you think it is. Is it literary? Maybe; some aspects of the book are quite fine while others are straight out of the chicklit handbook. Is it engaging? Yes- except when it isn't. And last, 'What did she say?' Narrator Knoweldon does an excellent job but in that whispery-childwoman voice that keeps me rewinding.

Yep, I am ambivalent about After You Left. The story line seemed forced at times but the storytelling was excellent. I'll certainly try more Carol Mason novels because despite everything I've said, After You Left is better than 2/3 of the books I listen to.

too hard to follow

too hard to folliow, the story jumps around in time, no voice changes for chsracters.