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The Aftermath

By: Rhidian Brook
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
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The downloadable, digital audiobook edition of Rhidian Brook’s powerful new thriller The Aftermath, read by the actor Leighton Pugh.

Hamburg, 1946: Thousands remain displaced in what is now the British Occupied Zone. Charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the de-Nazification of its defeated people, Colonel Lewis Morgan has requisitioned a fine house on the banks of the Elbe, where he will be joined by his grieving wife, Rachael, and only remaining son, Edmund. But rather than force its owners, a German widower and his traumatised daughter, to leave their home, Lewis insists that the two families live together.

In this charged and claustrophobic atmosphere all must confront their true selves as enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal. The Aftermath is a stunning novel about our fiercest loyalties, our deepest desires, and the transforming power of forgiveness.

©2013 Rhidian Brook (P)2013 Penguin Audio Historical Fiction
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There was no depth to the characters and almost halfway through the book nothing major had happened. It seemed to fast for the relationship developments and not much depth to it. I don’t recommend it.

A bit shallow

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a pleasure to "read"

nice dualities, gentle humour, clear ringing characters, I wonder how the film treated this book?

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