After Before by Jemma Wayne is a novel that tells the story of three women whose lives overlap one British winter, all struggling with different issues. Lynn, not yet 60 is dying, Vera, a newly converted Christian engaged to Lynn's son is battling with secrets from her past, and Emily, Lynn's caregiver is trying to forget the horrors she survived during the Rwandan genocide that killed the rest of her village.
Sad, tragic and at times difficult to read, yet there were moments that I was very drawn into this book. However, I didn't really like most of the characters other than Emily, and even some of the choices Emily's character made near the end of the book were not quite believable to me.
It seems like Wayne was trying to do a lot of different things with this book, and although it packs an emotional punch, for me, she didn't quite succeed.
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