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After Her
He'll love her as long as he lives. And longer . . .
After years of abuse from his father—one of the many men in Alabama who thinks God created football on the 8th day—eighteen-year-old Wade Strickland wraps his Corvette around a tree and takes his own life. To his surprise, he ends up in the Afterlife Admissions office and is told by his advisor that in order to clear his Afterlife Account, he has to serve as a Transdead Trustee and prevent other young athletes from using steroids. If that's not bad enough, the first guy he has to help is a baseball player, like the blue-eyed Boy Scout who stole the only girl Wade will ever love. Wade toughs it out and actually becomes friends with the guy he has to help, but he runs into trouble when he meets a girl who looks just like the one he can't forget, and she needs his help too. What's a heartsick dead guy supposed to do?
After years of abuse from his father—one of the many men in Alabama who thinks God created football on the 8th day—eighteen-year-old Wade Strickland wraps his Corvette around a tree and takes his own life. To his surprise, he ends up in the Afterlife Admissions office and is told by his advisor that in order to clear his Afterlife Account, he has to serve as a Transdead Trustee and prevent other young athletes from using steroids. If that's not bad enough, the first guy he has to help is a baseball player, like the blue-eyed Boy Scout who stole the only girl Wade will ever love. Wade toughs it out and actually becomes friends with the guy he has to help, but he runs into trouble when he meets a girl who looks just like the one he can't forget, and she needs his help too. What's a heartsick dead guy supposed to do?
292 pages, Paperback
First published September 17, 2019
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Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
21 books44 followersJoyce is an intelligent Southern woman weary of seeing herself and her peers portrayed in books and movies as either post-antebellum debutantes or barefoot hillbillies á la Daisy Duke, so all her heroines are smart, unpretentious women who refuse to be anyone but themselves. In addition to her novels, she has short stories featured in several anthologies.
Joyce has lived all her life in southern Alabama, she's the mother of three gifted children, and she's been married for over 30 years to her husband Tony—a public school teacher, coach extraordinaire, and the love of her life.
Joyce has lived all her life in southern Alabama, she's the mother of three gifted children, and she's been married for over 30 years to her husband Tony—a public school teacher, coach extraordinaire, and the love of her life.
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May 13, 2021
Excellently written!
Loved it! Well worth reading!!! This author is one of my favorites and this book is just another reason to read anything she writes!
Loved it! Well worth reading!!! This author is one of my favorites and this book is just another reason to read anything she writes!
October 8, 2019
Tough subjects dealt with heart and more than a serving of sarcasm and humor--that's what Joyce Scarbrough offers with her books. Wade's journey is a perfect reflection of the Unfinished series in addition to his part in the True Blue trilogy. As a reader, I love seeing old character friends from other books mentioned seamlessly, a hallmark of a well-crafted story.
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