Afterlife by Julia Alvarez

Afterlife was our July book club read.  Most of the people that attended the meeting seemed to like the book.  It was a short book that has been long awaited by fans of Ms. Alvarez.  She is known for In the Time of Butterflies and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.  This new novel dealt with some large issues.  One of which is mental health and the other immigration.  Essentially about Antonia.  Her husband has died suddenly and she is finding herself dealing with her sisters, one sister specifically going through a mental health crisis and finding herself helping a farm worker bring his girlfriend to the United States.  Antonia has a lot on her plate, in addition to her grief.  She finds herself asking what her husband, Sam, would do in every situation she finds herself in when she has to make a decision.