Grace After Henry

By: Eithne Shortall

Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, Euan Morton

"A poignant love story . . . Bittersweet and charming, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes. " --Shelf Awareness

Grace sees her boyfriend Henry everywhere. In the supermarket, on the street, at the graveyard.

Only Henry is dead. He died two months earlier, leaving a huge hole in Grace's life and in her heart. But then Henry turns up to fix the boiler one evening, and Grace can't decide if she's hallucinating or has suddenly developed psychic powers. Grace isn't going mad--the man in front of her is not Henry at all, but someone else who looks uncannily like him. The hole in Grace's heart grows ever larger.

Grace becomes captivated by this stranger, Andy--to her, he is Henry, and yet he is not. Reminded of everything she once had, can Grace recreate that lost love with Andy, resurrecting Henry in the process, or does loving Andy mean letting go of Henry?

Loved it.

So enjoyed this book. Very easy listen. Performance was wonderful. Feel good book. Going to miss the characters.

Interesting story, but …

There were many things I liked about this. I liked the way we got pieces of Grace and Henry’s story interwoven with the present story. That was well done. The pieces from the past were all relevant to the present.

I liked Grace and Henry together. It was a true love story, what they shared. It made the “Grace after Henry” part so poignant.

I LOVED Grace’s parents. And Betty. Those characters saved this story for me more than once and I will remember the moth dance and “the blonde one” for a while. Those three were delightful.

I think I can understand what happened to Grace and then to Isobel, the almost-delusion they allowed themselves. But it Creeped. Me. Out. After a while, it just made me feel icky. I almost gave up on this because of that, but as I said, Grace’s parents. Betty.

Alana Kerr Collins was, as always, wonderful. She’s a favorite of mine. Euan Morton was good too.

Yikes

This may have been a good book but I will never know .
Could not understand a word !