Both utterly heart rending and incredibly uplifting, <i>After the End</i> is <b>the most moving book you'll read this year</b><p></p>A beautifully written novel, compelling and clever, tender and true. <b>I can't stop thinking about it</b><p></p>Such a perfectly poised novel, with authentic heart and depth, that examines the worst moments of our lives, and still somehow uncovers hope and the indomitable strength of the human spirit. <b>Everyone should read this beautiful book</b><p></p>A <b>heart-wrenching, </b>character-driven story - Best<p></p><b>A heart-rending read</b> and will have you debating what you would do in the same situation. <b>A perfect book club choice</b> - Prima<p></p><b>Amazing . . . heart-wrenching absolute must-read</b> - Mike Gayle, Scala Radio<p></p><b>Deeply moving and page-turning . . . Tailor-made for book clubs</b> - VIP Magazine<p></p>Mackintosh's depiction of the long-distance loneliness, grit-eyed exhaustion and beleaguered hopes of the parent of a terminally ill child are <b>moving</b>. Yet this is a <b>life-affirming</b> story, too, in its <b>richly drawn</b> depiction of the iranian consultant leila's background or its scarred central characters' re-emergence blinking into the world - Sunday Times