<p><strong>\u201cAlison Taylor\u2019s debut novel is a riveting exploration of two tough women, a mother and a daughter, on a separate but similar journey, to figure out who they want to be and how to love each other again.\u201d \u2014Zoe Whittall, author of Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist <em>The Best Kind of People<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Shared trauma has driven them a world apart; they will need to find each other again to begin to heal<\/strong><br\/><\/p> <p>Nightmares still haunt Chloe thirteen years after a fatal tragedy led to the disintegration of her family. Her mother, Jules, has a busy tech career, a long history of chronic pain\u2014and little time for Chloe. After Chloe drops out of university to travel for a year, Jules\u2019s OxyContin dependency quickly worsens. <em>Aftershock<\/em> follows their parallel journeys: Jules struggles to regain control of her life, while Chloe, after a rocky visit with her estranged father in New Zealand, resolves to go off the map and spend some time alone, travelling. When Jules suddenly can\u2019t find her daughter, the feeling is all too familiar. Mother and daughter will need to address old secrets and the emotional impact they have wrought before they can reconcile with each other, and, finally, with themselves.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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