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After Annie
An irresistible tale about love and the theater, After Annie is an astonishing first novel. Herbie Aaron is one half of a celebrity marriage. He and Annie have been famous, nobodies, and mingled with the rich and crazy. Through it all, they've been passionate lovers and fast friends. But when Annie dies of cancer, Herbie is lost.
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Hardcover, 223 pages
Published
March 1st 2012
by Overlook Press
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Eh. On one level, I liked this unusual story of a man learning to cope after losing his wife to cancer. Life goes on, and all that. On another level, none of the characters reached out and grabbed me, and I didn't feel like any of them other than the main character, Herbie -- and he only more so in comparison -- were particularly well developed. And he wasn't all that likeable or charming to me -- I had a hard time figuring out what about him was so compelling.
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And still feel like there ought to...more
Herbie Aaron, the main character in Michael Tucker’s book After Annie, is not a likeable guy. He drinks, he smokes pot (while driving), he swears, and he fooled around on his dying wife Annie. Herbie and Annie are actors. Years ago, they starred in a hit television series together. Annie is now in the hospital, dying of cancer.
Despite the fooling around, Herbie and Annie are soul mates. Their daughter Candy thinks, “Her mom and dad have always inhabited a world unto themselves. When she was a li...more
Despite the fooling around, Herbie and Annie are soul mates. Their daughter Candy thinks, “Her mom and dad have always inhabited a world unto themselves. When she was a li...more
After Annie is a novel about Herbie who loses his wife, Annie. Annie's death is difficult for Herbie because despite his various life choices as an actor, he is totally devoted to her. One night after leaving the hospital Annie is in, Herbie goes to a nearby bar and flirts with Olive, the bartender, as he nurses his dread about Annie's impending death with vodka. Herbie brings Olive to the hospital to meet Annie and they become quick friends. After Annie's death, Herbie helps Olive break into th...more
I wanted to like this book. Then I started reading it and I didn't think that was going to happen. First of all, I didn't much like Herbie or the lifestyle he described. The sex and booze we all suspect is indulged in by theatrical types is very much in evidence. And, of course, since the author (and his wife) are well-known performers, we assume the book is built on their relationship and lives, whether that is true or not. But something happened after a few pages and I fell in love with the ch...more
I loved Michael Tucker's book about living in Italy, but this one did not hook me at all. In fact, it kind of skewed me out b/c it talks about the main character and his wife engaging in threesomes with other women. I have heard that the author and his real life wife (Jill Eikenberry, both of LA Law fame), used to practice tantric sex, so the threesome action hit a little close to home for this prude. Mostly, though, I just didn't find it compelling after a few chapters, so I set it aside.
This was a beautiful read. The relationships are really well-drawn, everything is believable, and it's touching without being overly depressing.
My favorite part of the book was the part before Annie died. After that, the book slowed down. I lost interest with the golf scenes. It picks up then, and there are movements in time so we see Annie again later, but the start of the book is by far the most compelling part.
I likely will read this again and will look forward to other books by Tucker.
My favorite part of the book was the part before Annie died. After that, the book slowed down. I lost interest with the golf scenes. It picks up then, and there are movements in time so we see Annie again later, but the start of the book is by far the most compelling part.
I likely will read this again and will look forward to other books by Tucker.
This book made me more curious about the author and how much of this book was taken from his life. The author is an actor in theater and TV, just like the main character in the book. He's married to an actress (Jill Eikenberry), who had breast cancer - just like the main character's actress wife in the book.
The book spans the last few days of the wife's life to a few months afterward. There's an interesting angle just before the wife's death that I find a bit...unusual that continues throughout...more
The book spans the last few days of the wife's life to a few months afterward. There's an interesting angle just before the wife's death that I find a bit...unusual that continues throughout...more
I guess I didn't think this was going to be a 'look at how badass my character is' type of book. That kind of stuff gets boring real quick. There are some decent parts in this book, but overall it's forgettable. It could have been much better if the emphasis was on what the characters were going through rather than how the protagonist 'ordered another drink, and then another then some stuff happened and then he got some more drinks...'
This is a love story in which one of the couple, the wife, dies early on in the book. How the husband learns to go on with his life is both touching and funny though there are times that I don't think that much of his lifestyle. It passed the time, but I won't put it in a friend's hands.
This was a surprise find for me. I loved the voice of the characters in this book, and the story made me want to laugh and cry. Annie is a beautiful character and her family's loss rings so true it hurts. This is a short book and a quick read, but it would be worth it at twice of both.
I don't know who Michael Tucker is, I don't have a television and I don't follow Hollywood who's who.
I should have stopped after reading the dedication. It pretty much tells you the whole story...
This will appeal to some, but it didn't to me. I gave it a two because it does have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
I should have stopped after reading the dedication. It pretty much tells you the whole story...
This will appeal to some, but it didn't to me. I gave it a two because it does have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
A book about reality in the aftermath of a loved one's death. Told from an omniscient point of view, switching back and forth between the two main characters, Herbie and Olive. Poignant yet not pretentious and while still maintaining a sense of comedic wit. That's not easy to do.
Read the first 19 pages and flipped through the rest. Didn't feel like wasting my time on this book. Did not find Herbie appealing enough to want to read more.
I read this when it was an Advance Reader Copy titled "So It Goes". I LOVED it! Cannot say enough about how much I enjoyed it.
The only reason this did not get a fifth star is i feel the ending was really finished..i feel as if it was rushed...there could be more...but over all a great read...i like the intimate scenes :)
Was fantastic! Appaliing to think of how quickly the 'love of a life' can be replaced
I enjoyed this very much. The characters were wonderful company for a few hours.
I liked the first half of the book better than the second half. But it was a charming tale!
None of the characters in this book are at all believable. Somehow it works.
Sentimental for sure, but really, quite lovely.
Quick Read, kinda quirky
Oct 04, 2012
Connie Glasgow
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Simply beautiful :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The wry dialogue was some of the best I've read in some time. Add to this that this is a book written from inside the mind of a "real" guy. Nothing sugar-coated, nothing adjusted to be more PC. This is a guy going through life after losing his wife. Loved it!
May 02, 2013
Aleah Jackson
marked it as to-read
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