After the Fall: A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Humorous
Cover of the book After the Fall: A Novel by Victoria Roberts, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Victoria Roberts ISBN: 9780393089639
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: November 12, 2012
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Victoria Roberts
ISBN: 9780393089639
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: November 12, 2012
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"This is a wonderful, forever book." —George Booth, cartoonist for The New Yorker

After the Fall introduces us to a brilliantly eccentric family from New York’s Upper East Side. Pops, a self-made millionaire, is a mad inventor who gleans his inspiration from popovers and Raquel Welsh. Mother is a fabulously dressed but mercurial socialite from Buenos Aires whose weapon of choice is a croquet mallet. Young Alan, our earnest and studious narrator, and his drama-queen little sister, Alex, love their parents but must turn to their good-natured housekeeper and cook for a better sense of reality.

One fateful day, Alan returns home to find that the family has gone bust, not even a penny to be found. The next morning, to the children’s surprise, the family wakes up in Central Park along with the entire contents of their penthouse arranged just as before—art, furniture, pugs, and all. Aided by their two loyal housekeepers and fed by the maitre d’ from their favorite restaurant, the family makes Central Park into a comfortable and creative home.

But soon the strains of life—and the weather, which is getting chilly—threaten to tear apart the parents’ marriage. As the holiday season approaches, the children rise to the challenge of bringing their family back together.

With more than two hundred drawings and featuring kimono-clad squirrels and a visit by a Yeti, this delicious tale is a love letter to family, creativity, and New York.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"This is a wonderful, forever book." —George Booth, cartoonist for The New Yorker

After the Fall introduces us to a brilliantly eccentric family from New York’s Upper East Side. Pops, a self-made millionaire, is a mad inventor who gleans his inspiration from popovers and Raquel Welsh. Mother is a fabulously dressed but mercurial socialite from Buenos Aires whose weapon of choice is a croquet mallet. Young Alan, our earnest and studious narrator, and his drama-queen little sister, Alex, love their parents but must turn to their good-natured housekeeper and cook for a better sense of reality.

One fateful day, Alan returns home to find that the family has gone bust, not even a penny to be found. The next morning, to the children’s surprise, the family wakes up in Central Park along with the entire contents of their penthouse arranged just as before—art, furniture, pugs, and all. Aided by their two loyal housekeepers and fed by the maitre d’ from their favorite restaurant, the family makes Central Park into a comfortable and creative home.

But soon the strains of life—and the weather, which is getting chilly—threaten to tear apart the parents’ marriage. As the holiday season approaches, the children rise to the challenge of bringing their family back together.

With more than two hundred drawings and featuring kimono-clad squirrels and a visit by a Yeti, this delicious tale is a love letter to family, creativity, and New York.

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book Swift: New and Selected Poems by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book The Rotation Diet (Revised and Updated Edition) by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Robert E. Lee: A Biography by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain (Second Edition) (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Would You Eat Your Cat?: Key Ethical Conundrums and What They Tell You About Yourself by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Reading and Writing Cancer: How Words Heal by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Felt: Poems by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Ariel's Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and the Story of Birthday Letters by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind by Victoria Roberts
Cover of the book Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad by Victoria Roberts
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy