Kerri Rogan

After the Noise

Fiction.

Lee Evans stands alone in the echoing silence of her grand mansion, the absence of her husband both a relief and a torment. Thirty years of marriage – ten spent as his carer – shaped her world and slowly shrank it to the boundaries of his illness.

In trying to protect her children, Luke and Katy, and her friends, Kelly and Jenny, Lee pushed them away. Now, wandering locked rooms and empty halls, she realises the fortress she built for safety has become a prison.

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After the Noise

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Lee Evans stands alone in the echoing silence of her grand mansion, the absence of her husband both a relief and a torment. Thirty years of marriage – ten spent as his carer – shaped her world and slowly shrank it to the boundaries of his illness.

In trying to protect her children, Luke and Katy, and her friends, Kelly and Jenny, Lee pushed them away. Now, wandering locked rooms and empty halls, she realises the fortress she built for safety has become a prison.

Should she stay in the mansion she’s inherited, or finally travel as she always dreamed? Why is someone old always napping on her favourite couch? Where did all the animals come from – and why is there a trampoline in the grand conservatory?

Can Lee rebuild her life, after the noise?

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AUTHOR

Kerri Rogan

Kerri was the child in English class who was always told, ‘Great story – if a little too long.’

Now she lets her characters decide the length, marvelling at the magic of creating something from nothing. Imagination, she believes, is a wondrous thing.

She lives in the country, where she watches the sun rise and set beneath vast skies, sharing her days with her husband and many rescued animals.

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Lee squinted in the sunlight and patted around her. It felt like a mattress and a dog. For the first time in months, she had slept in a bed. Oh, dear. Moose. She had fed her a bottle before she had come to bed last night but not after that.