After the Fall
Written by Charity Norman
Narrated by Nicolette McKenzie
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About this audiobook
Tragedy isn't what the McNamara family expected when they moved to New Zealand. For Martha, it was an escape. For her artist husband Kit, it was a dream. For their small twin boys, it was an adventure. For sixteen-year-old Sacha, it was the start of a nightmare.
They end up on the isolated east coast of the North Island, seemingly in the middle of a New Zealand tourism campaign. But their peaceful idyll is soon shattered as the choices Sacha makes lead the family down a path which threatens to destroy them all.
Martha finds herself facing a series of impossible decisions, each with devastating consequences for her family.
‘Original, wonderfully written and utterly gripping, this is a corker of a tale.' The Sun
‘After The Fall is a gripping tale that would appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult and Joanna Trollope.' Red Online
Charity Norman
Charity Norman is an ex-barrister who lives in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is the author of eight novels. After the Fall (2012) was a Richard and Judy Book Club choice and World Book Night title; Remember Me (2022) won the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel. Previous novels include two BBC Radio 2 Book Club picks - bestseller The Secrets of Strangers (2020) and The New Woman (2015) - and have been shortlisted for both the Ngaio Marsh and Ned Kelly Awards.
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Reviews for After the Fall
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We begin in the UK when Martha is telling her father and sister that she, her husband Kit, her teenage daughter and young twin sons, are all emigrating to New Zealand 'to give the kids a better life' but really it's a move driven by Kit - to save him from sinking into a black depression following the bankrupting of his business.Sacha, the daughter, usually such a content girl, is the only one in the family who definitely doesn't want to leave her friends, her extended family, her school and her new boyfriend to move across the world. And it's Sacha for whom the move goes terribly badly - worse than could be imagined.My Thoughts:I really liked this book, and it’s going to be hard to review it without giving anything away.The family in the story to me could have been someone that I know. They were just an ordinary family and the mother Martha did what she thought what was best for them like any mother would do. However it may or may not have been the best choice. It’s also about what ifs ! We have all been in situations where we have said perhaps if I hadn’t done this then that wouldn’t have happened. I also believe however that what is meant to be will be no matter what. Destiny is what is it and you just have to get on with it. This is what this book was for me.The story flowed and was told very well and I found I was pacing through the book quite quickly. I really wanted to find out what was going to happen next. I felt for Martha as she tried her best and wondered would have I have done any better myself. I didn’t guess what Martha was hiding but when all was revealed I can see why she did what she did.I would highly recommend this book as it was a thought provoking read and very engaging.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Who would have thought that emigrating to New Zealand could be so traumatic? Of course, if you're leaving nearest and dearest behind it's always going to be a wrench, but this novel brings to life a whole new menace. Whilst doing so it does justice to the expectations of wildly beautiful terrain and a different culture and way of life.There was a point when the similarity between this and another book I read recently ("The Ice Twins" by SK Tremayne) troubled me - I mean how many books can there be in which a twin falls head first from a residential balcony? I also feared, from the way the story was going, that the final reveal was going to be much the same. But I feared needlessly, because this story has many a twist and turn that you don't expect. I found the final chapter stretched credibility a mite, but that was only a very minor negative for me - this book was immensely well written and had me gripped throughout.