AfterwardsBy: Rachel Seiffert Series: Vintage International When Alice and Joseph meet, they fall quickly into a tentative but sincere relationship. She is a nurse, he a house painter, and while both are still young and hopeful about this new love, each of them carries an emotional burden. Alice's father has been a yawning absence all her life, and just recently her beloved grandmotherwho helped to raise her passed away. For his part, Joseph refuses to speak