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Violence
Some
Murder of a teenager; domestic thriller tension
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong psychological intensity; domestic betrayal; unreliable perspectives; maternal grief
What this book is about
Dr. Noah Alderman has never met his daughter from a previous relationship. When sixteen-year-old Anna arrives to live with the family, everything seems perfect. Then, three months later, Anna is found dead and Noah's wife Maggie is on trial for her murder. Told in two perspectives — before and after the crime — After Anna is a domestic psychological thriller that questions whether anyone in a family can truly know another.
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Murder of a teenager
Domestic thriller
Unreliable narrators
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