Bookwoman: Kerry Pettis: Working through the loss of a loved one

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Bookwoman: Kerry Pettis: Working through the loss of a loved one

“After Annie,” by Anna Quindlen Annie Brown, beloved wife and mother, dies unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm at 37. The story of the sad year that follows is narrated in alternate chapters by her plumber husband, Bill, her oldest child, Ali, and her best friend, Annemarie. There are three other children, all boys, whose struggles are told indirectly. Bill is immediately pounced on by the women of the town, all of whom think they know what’s best …