Aftermath
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Springing from the London School explosion in rural New London, Texas, Aftermath begins more than forty years later, when the narrator recalls the dreadful day she lost her mother and many of her schoolmates. As she weighs both the joys and the sorrows of the life, she eventually comes to terms with the reality that the tragedy can never be overcome, but it can, in significant ways, be redeemed.
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Delys Lithingate survives a devastating explosion at her school and is whisked away to live with her aunt and uncle in Houston. Delys recounts her experiences in trying to adjust to life without her mother, lost in the explosion; without her father, who headed off into the oilfields to forget his sorrow; without her friends, especially her childhood beau, Bruce, who her aunt and uncle refused to allow her to see.
It's difficult to recreate the past in a story, and I often found myself stepping out of the story to question a line by the author or a decision by a character. It's a book group read later this month, so I will be curious as to what others thought of it.
