The Aftermath

Hamburg, 1946. Thousands remain displaced in what is now the British Occupied Zone. Charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the de-Nazification of its defeated people, Colonel Lewis Morgan has requisitioned a fine house on the banks of the Elbe, where he will be joined by his grieving wife, Rachael, and only remaining son, Edmund. But rather than force its owners, a German widower and his traumatized daughter, to leave their home, Lewis insists that the two families live together. In this charged and claustrophobic atmosphere all must confront their true selves as enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal. The Aftermathis a stunning novel about our fiercest loyalties, our deepest desires and the transforming power of forgiveness. 'Rhidian Brook takes a piece of history I thought I knew well and breaks it open. The Aftermathis a compelling, surprising and moving novel.' Sadie Jones, author of The Outcast.