The After Life

by Daniel Ehrenhaft

Nineteen-year-old Will Shepherd has never met his father, even though they live on opposite ends of Manhattan. Suddenly, within twenty-four hours, Will meets his father and his two halfsiblings, Kyle... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595140808
• ISBN13: 9781595140807
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Razorbill
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Can't Wait for Part II

I wish I had the guts to write an essay to get into college like Will's. The book was a page turner with gripping characters and an engaging plot. I am begging the author for a sequel.

I loved this book.

I read this book in two sittings. It's a novel both of fascinating characters and of true suspense - who are these three people, this pair of twins and their half-brother? What's going to happen to their father's big fortune? I couldn't wait to find out. And although the subjects are weighty (death, addiction, family, love, crazy mothers, crazy fathers), the writing is hilarious. It does have "mature themes" -- drinking, talk of drugs, lots of sexual tension -- in case you're thinking of buying it for your eight-year-old niece who is a very precocious reader.

Fantastically Compelling

You should buy this book for the first chapter alone. It is without a doubt the best opening scene for a novel I've read in quite some time. What Daniel Ehrenhaft pulls off in those pages is a masterfully funny and surprisingly moving episode that sheds light on the screwed up but sympathetic life of his main character, Will Shepherd. All of the characters in the book are well-crafted and the space that they inhabit is at once familiar, yet unique. I couldn't put the book down since I so enjoyed the dialogue, the dilemmas and the insanity of the relationships. It's a compulsively readable and hilarious book that is totally worth a read.

A real page-turner!

Once I started this book, I couldn't put it down. It's one of the best novels I've read in quite a while. The characters are engaging, the themes are provocative, and the plot moves forward at an enjoyable clip. I very highly recommend this one, for adults of all ages.