{"product_id":"after-the-eclipse-isbn-9781328511911","title":"After The Eclipse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice. A fierce memoir of a mother’s murder, a daughter’s coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and her mission to know the woman who gave her life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Sarah Perry was twelve, she saw a partial eclipse; she took it as a good omen for her and her mother, Crystal. But that moment of darkness foreshadowed a much larger one: two days later, Crystal was murdered in their home in rural Maine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt took twelve years to find the killer. In that time, Sarah rebuilt her life amid abandonment, police interrogations, and the exacting toll of trauma. She dreamed of a trial, but when the day came, it brought no closure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was not her mother’s death she wanted to understand, but her life. She began her own investigation, one that drew her back to Maine, deep into the darkness of a small American town. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Pull[ing] the reader swiftly along on parallel tracks of mystery and elegy” in \u003ci\u003eAfter the Eclipse\u003c\/i\u003e, “Perry succeeds in restoring her mother’s humanity and her own” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditors’ Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Best Book of the Year by \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBookPage\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Must-Read Title of the Fall by \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly, W Magazine,  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe Portland Press Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Best Nonfiction Title of the Year from \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNylon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Great Nonfiction Title of September by \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBustle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Notable Nonfiction Debut of the Year by \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Notable Fall Title by \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Reporter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher’s Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Pick of the Week\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Stunning . . . A graceful and powerful memorial.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “\u003cem\u003eAfter the Eclipse\u003c\/em\u003e pulls the reader swiftly along on parallel tracks of mystery and elegy . . . Perry’s scrupulous research and painstaking rendering of her experiences make her a trustworthy guide through such emotionally charged terrain. She’s also a wonderful writer with an assured sense of when to zoom in to her body’s somatic response for a piercing immediacy and when to pull back to convey the measured perspective gained through the distance of time. Many moments of beauty and tenderness rise up through the darkness. In the end, Perry succeeds in restoring her mother’s humanity, and her own.”—\u003cstrong\u003eBliss Broyard, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “A gut punch . . . A heartbreaking yet hopeful testament to human resilience.”—\u003cstrong\u003eSamantha Irby, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cem\u003e“After the Eclipse\u003c\/em\u003e is both a heartfelt memoir and a suspenseful story. With its many twist and turns, the mystery of this murdered woman and the small town of people who knew and loved her, it feels like I’m reading a prequel to \u003cem\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e”—\u003cstrong\u003eGabourey Sidibe, Book of the Month Club\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Raw and perfect . . . I’ve never read a better depiction of how a sudden, violent event rips through a human being’s apprehension of reality . . . [It’s] an unfussy, richly textured remembrance of a town, a family, a particular place on the planet that its author knows all the way down to her bones—the strengths of a classic memoir . . . \u003cem\u003eAfter the Eclipse\u003c\/em\u003e [has] an eerie, heartbreaking power that it shares with the very best of true crime.”—\u003cstrong\u003eLaura Miller, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “Perry weaves together her painful memories of that night with archival research and journalistic interviews to not only piece together the details of her mother’s death, but illuminate the woman she was before it. With clear, powerful prose, Perry paints a portrait of unconventional motherhood while questioning society’s handling of violence against women. Reminiscent of Maggie Nelson’s \u003cem\u003eThe Red Parts\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAfter the Eclipse\u003c\/em\u003e tells the very human story at the center of a needless crime.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eW Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Profoundly moving . . . Explores the systemic misogyny and classism in small-town America, and revolves around the life of Perry’s mother, Crystal, who shines from the borders of this often unbearably dark story as bright as the sun on a summer day . . . Powerful.”—\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNylon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “With rich prose, Sarah Perry tackles grief, and how we persevere in the face of tragedy.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePortland Press Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “\u003cem\u003eAfter the Eclipse\u003c\/em\u003e is a tragedy set in motion by the vicious murder of a plucky young woman, the author’s mother. It’s a tender elegy for her too, and for the life she made with and for her daughter. Crystal Perry was much more than a victim, and Sarah Perry gives her vibrant life here. She does the same for the small, working class Maine town they both grew up in: the woes passed down through generations; the feelings (rage and guilt, grief), acted out but mostly unspoken. Perry writes with unerring power and hard-won wisdom.”—\u003cstrong\u003eMargo Jefferson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNegroland: A Memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “What strikes me so strongly about this excellent memoir is that, considering the subject matter, the writer was able to organize it at all. It’s sometimes disarmingly astute, and what it says about the ties that bind, at the same moment they sometimes get stretched way beyond capacity, elaborates not just this singular drama, but provides a painful, and wincingly real, statement about class in America.”—\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Beattie, award-winning author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe State We’re In: Maine Stories, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand The New Yorker Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “\u003cem\u003eAfter the Eclipse\u003c\/em\u003e, Perry’s beautifully wrought account of her mother’s murder, is a profoundly important book. In this gripping tale of the search for the killer, Perry examines the issues her mother faced in her brief life: poverty, the search for home and, most importantly, the deadly and all-too-common issue of violence against women. Part memoir, part true crime, \u003cem\u003eEclipse\u003c\/em\u003e is a clear-eyed, captivating portrait of a life cut short. With this book, Perry writes her mother back into the world.”—\u003cstrong\u003eAlison Smith, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eName All the Animals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e   “Sarah Perry’s book is smooth, beautiful, and breathtaking. I can’t quite get over it—her mastery of the language, the narrative, and the landscape of the devastated heart.”—\u003cstrong\u003eRoxana Robinson, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCost \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSparta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “A moving journey.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   “The deeply personal memoir examines our obsession with female violence while telling the account of her mother’s murder in the small town of Bridgton, Maine. 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