After You've Gone

After You've Gone vibrates with authenticity: two eras, two young women caught up in the giddy thrall of love and music and feckless men. — Lee Kvern, author of The Matter of Sylvie and Seven Ways to SundayAfter You've Gone is a thoughtful, offbeat story about two guitarists from two different generations. Through the linked lives of Lita and her granddaughter Elsa, Lori Hahnel takes us from the 1930s to the 2000s, from Regina to Seattle, from swing and jazz to folk rock and grunge, from love to heartbreak and back. This is a novel that consistently hits the sweet chords.  — Barb Howard, author of Whipstock and Western TaxidermyIn 1935 Regina, Lita, a young woman of gypsy ancestry, develops a passion for playing the guitar. After joining a jazz combo she quickly begins a life she couldn't have imagined. In 1983, Lita's granddaughter Elsa has become the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the Regina punk band Speed Queen. Together with her punk rock husband...