Lauren Aliza Green

A lovely debut novel that glimmers with fine writing and notes of human insight. There's a quiet beauty to Lauren Aliza Green's work, and I am now a fan

Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward

Deeply moving . . . reflects on the different ways grief affects people, the complex nature of families, and how lies and deceit and tear fragile relationships apart

This dramatic tragi-comedy, full of delicious bourgeois lifestyle detail takes us right into the head of each character

A page-turner of a family drama . . . at turns brutally honest, funny, and deeply empathic

Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake

A bouquet of a book: thoughtful, heartfelt, funny, tender, tough, and gorgeously written. It is a novel about how love won't save you, except in the ways that it does, about the pain of family life, and also its transcendent qualities. Green is a tremendous new writer

Elizabeth McCracken, author of The Hero of This Book

Gripping . . . a pool side page-turner

Intricately structured and elegantly written, The World After Alice is a family drama that pivots between the sweeping and the intimate in seamless, wildly entertaining prose

Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X

In The World After Alice, Lauren Aliza Green lays bare the mysteries of grief, growth, and love in the wake of unthinkable loss. Green writes with a poet’s ear and an impressionist’s eye, and the result is a wise, elegiac novel that is impossible to put down even after turning the last gorgeous page

Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Remember Me Like This

A study of grief, resilience, and surprising joy in the face of incomprehensible loss. I know these characters will stay with me

Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes

In this truly elegant novel, two families come together to celebrate a wedding. But through Lauren Aliza Green’s precise, amusing, and beautiful writing, we get to explore the mysterious ways that joy and grief tangle together. Each character is tenderly drawn yet frighteningly real. I read this book, and the complicated relationships within, turning the pages as fast as I could, aching to understand the impossible

Hanna Halperin, author of I Could Live Here Forever

A poignant and thought-provoking examination of love, healing and long-held secrets, and of grief in all its many forms

Will make you laugh and moments later choke you up with its intricately woven narrative that is impressively executed

A Maine wedding reunites two families—and resurrects buried griefs and secrets along the way. With a remarkable cast of characters Lauren Aliza Green creates a panoramic, suspenseful, and ultimately very moving exploration of loss and recovery. The World After Alice is a beautiful and accomplished debut

Laura Van Den Berg, author of What The World Will Look Like When All The Water Leaves Us

Over an unforgettable weekend, old flames are rekindled, new loves discovered and long-held secrets come to light in this captivating tale of romance

When Morgan and Benji surprise their families with a wedding invitation to Maine, they’re aware their relationship will come as a shock. Twelve years have passed since the loss of sixteen-year-old Alice Weil, Benji’s sister and Morgan’s best friend. No one is quite the same. As the headstrong young couple brings the two families together for the first time since the funeral, they wonder: can old wounds truly be mended? When the guests descend upon the tranquil coastal town for the whirlwind nuptials, it soon becomes clear that these estranged families are not ready to move on. 
Will the fragile peace the wedding offers survive the sunny weekend? Or are these two families about to find out that the darkest secrets always come to light in the end?

Lauren Aliza Green

Praise for The World After Alice

A lovely debut novel that glimmers with fine writing and notes of human insight. There's a quiet beauty to Lauren Aliza Green's work, and I am now a fan

Deeply moving . . . reflects on the different ways grief affects people, the complex nature of families, and how lies and deceit and tear fragile relationships apart

A 'sizzling summer read'

A lovely debut novel that glimmers with fine writing and notes of human insight. There's a quiet beauty to Lauren Aliza Green's work, and I am now a fan

Deeply moving . . . reflects on the different ways grief affects people, the complex nature of families, and how lies and deceit and tear fragile relationships apart

A 'sizzling summer read'

A lovely debut novel that glimmers with fine writing and notes of human insight. There's a quiet beauty to Lauren Aliza Green's work, and I am now a fan

Deeply moving . . . reflects on the different ways grief affects people, the complex nature of families, and how lies and deceit and tear fragile relationships apart

A 'sizzling summer read'

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