After the Fall
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
After the Fall
By (Author) Kirsten Alexander
Ultimo Press
Ultimo Press
29th January 2025
Australia
Classifications
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Narrative theme: Sense of place
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
393g
Description
Fleeing Melbourne for a village in the Yorkshire Dales had felt right. Sanctuary, Id thought.
But nowhere is as straightforward as it first appears.
When Giselle escapes to the north Yorkshire village of Hollydale, she doesnt give much thought to what she might find there. She's more concerned with what she's leaving behind a toxic marriage, the loss of her beloved sister, Lina, and the cloud of suspicion over the circumstances of Lina's death.
But in this small community she makes new and fascinating friends, chief among them Margaret, a wealthy elderly local who lives in Chatswood Hall, the mansion perched on a hill above the village, and Tom, the local handyman. Giselle hopes to start life over, but the past cannot be outrun and her husband will not be cut loose, threatening to arrivein Hollydale at any moment.
When a bomb explodes on the one road that leads to her cottage, Giselle realises that her Hollydale life is larger and more complicated than shed understood.
A story about intergenerational friendship between women, coercive relationships and power, and the endless possibilities new connections can bring.
PRAISE FOR AFTER THE FALL
Kirsten Alexanders writing is delicate and finely tuned, catching the rhythms beneath the everyday. With a rich sense of place After the Fall delivers the most surprising of outcomes. Kathryn Heyman, author ofFury
I loved everything about this novel. A proper page-turning, keep-you-up-at-night plot, combined with beautiful writing and wonderful characterisation, leading to a very satisfying finale. A joyous spirit of mischief runs alongside a darker vein, each enhancing the other. Emily Hourican, author of The Glorious Guinness Girls
Author Bio
Kirsten Alexander is the author of Half Moon Lake and Riptides. Her third novel,After the Fall, will be published by Ultimo Press in February 2025.
Kirstenworks as an editor, copywriter, and writer.She lives in Melbourne with her two sons.
