After: A Novel

The merry widower grieves and grapples

The Washington Post

Especially in its early sections, the novel will remind many readers of Anne Tyler, with its slightly off-center characters and its sympathetic but wry and somewhat distanced point of view...After is popular fiction for intelligent readers, something always in short supply and always welcome.—Jonathan Yardley

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is a recipient of a grant from NEA and winner of the Newbery Medal for her novel, Shiloh, a national bestseller in cloth and paperback. Her writing career spans decades, starting with her candid memoir of coping with her husband's mental illness, including bestselling young adult fiction and wonderfully received novels for adult trade audiences. She is a popular speaker and has addressed countless gatherings of readers.