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After the Wind: My Goodbye

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After the Wind: My Goodbye is a novel in English. Chapters 1 and 2 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

For five years, Nora has waited on Matthew's promises: a marriage license, a wedding, and the Brandt family's heirloom emerald bracelet. At his thirtieth birthday dinner, his mother passes the bracelet to Mary instead, and Matthew only tells Nora to be good and wait a little longer.

In the car, he dismisses her hurt as a tantrum, though a signed acceptance letter to a Paris fine arts program waits in her bag. When Mary chips the bracelet, Matthew rushes to her, leaving Nora and their promised townhouse behind.

As Nora fries eggs in the silent apartment, she remembers the soaked boy who once biked through rain for her donuts, and quietly prepares to leave.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

Wait until his startup stabilized to get our marriage license; I waited two years.

Wait until his mother's attitude softened to have the wedding; I waited another three.

In the fifth year, at Matthew's thirtieth birthday dinner, his mother publicly slipped off the antique emerald bracelet from her wrist.

Passing down the family bracelet to acknowledge the daughter-in-law was an old tradition in the Brandt family.

I thought, finally, the waiting was over.

"Here, give me your hand."

But Matthew's mother bypassed my outstretched hand, sliding the heavy emerald piece firmly onto Mary's wrist…

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Contents

Chapters 1 and 2 are on this page. Chapters marked with a lock continue in the official app.

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Which chapters of After the Wind: My Goodbye are free?

Chapters 1 and 2 are free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 3 the book continues in the official app.

Where do I keep reading After the Wind: My Goodbye after chapter 2?

In the official app. Install it, enter code 585474, and the book opens where this preview stops — chapter 3.

What is After the Wind: My Goodbye about?

For five years, Nora has waited on Matthew's promises: a marriage license, a wedding, and the Brandt family's heirloom emerald bracelet. At his thirtieth birthday dinner, his mother passes the bracelet to Mary instead, and Matthew only tells Nora to be good and wait a little longer.

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