Monna McDiarmid is a writer life coach and educator She and her partner live in a tiny apartment in Yokohama Japan and an old wooden house in Nova Scotia Canada site_link Monna McDiarmid is a writer life coach and educator She and her partner live in a tiny apartment in Yokohama Japan and an old wooden house in Nova Scotia Canada site_link site_link Not yet twenty Claire wakes up in a green field to learn these three she is dead the memories of her life are gone and she and her new friend Nobu will be sent to Paris as Helpers Apparently she s supposed to just accept this information and help humans in need but doesn t her old identity matter Doesn t someone somewhere miss her Despite having her memory erased Claire experiences mysterious phenomena that point towards her hidden past As she pulls the threads that lead back to her life Claire and Nobu unravel the seams between death and life time and space What will Claire sacrifice to save the world After EverythingBeautiful tender thought provoking Rich with the small deep comforts and big painful questions of life Monna McDiarmid Kept thinking about the characters for days after I finished This story was sad but comforting I loved thinking about helpers in my life and how they might appear and disappear Monna McDiarmid If you could only read one book in your lifetime THIS is the one After Everything written by global educator poet writer and coach Monna McDiarmid is a gift Read our author interview here book is EVERYTHING McDiarmid has given us a novel that is beautiful important and life changing It has completely enriched my life and made me think hard about how to live with these tenets and wisdom in mind It might be unusual to write a novel of what happens after death With one large task to complete being a Helper partners Claire and Nobu pursue different paths to both help and find their story With kindness wisdom and compassion McDiarmid brings us along on an unusual story of the journey of finding ourselves. I can t imagine my life without this story in itit will change yours too Highly highly recommended Monna McDiarmid Absolutely fantastic book Cannot wait for the next one to come out Monna McDiarmid