Sincere thank you to NetGalley, Greenleaf Book Group, and Jen Maxfield for the ARC of “More After the Break.”

The diverse and unique stories told in this novel were raw and emotional. The authors writing style kept me engaged and made it incredibly difficult to put the book down.

I absolutely loved the authors ability to self-reflect and share how her interactions impact herself as an individual and news reporter, how it impacts the viewers and how it impacts the prime subjects of the stories told. Although I feel that journalism and the role of the media in general can be quite controversial at times, it was evident to me that sharing stories promotes a sense of connection and deepening community bonds, through the good and the inevitable.

Highly recommend this book. 4.5 ⭐️ rounded up to 5.

An interesting compilation of follow up stories that made brief appearances in the nightly news.
Maxfield points out rarely are people told the rest Of the story, which she tries to do with 10 choices.
Some Of the choices are more compelling than others.
I still think all news hounds are hungry for the flavor is the second that will provide the most attention and then it’s quickly forgotten, but I do commend the author for taking on this project.

If you are fascinated by journalists or inspired by their story telling, this book is for you. I really enjoyed learning about the behind the scenes of a breaking news reporter and the conflicting emotions that comes with it.

The stories she revisited were inspiring and emotional. I wish all stories had follow up like this!

i really love books like this! one that take you behind the scenes of professions and events you thought you knew the full story about. jen maxfield tells her stories with a lot of compassion and care as she goes back to her biggest and most heartfelt news stories from across the years. the concept was really interesting and i enjoyed it

More After The Break by Jen Maxfield is an immersive, inspiring memoir of a reporter revisiting ten or the most stories she covered during her career. Bring tissues! I read Maxfield's book in long bursts, glued to her words. But sometimes I needed a break, some space to absorb the real-life drama playing out on the page. Highly recommend!

Truly mixed feelings about this one. The author, a reporter, goes back to talk to families from breaking news stories she interviewed years ago. I loved the immersive feel of each story, and I feel like the author picked ones that were pretty clear cut (a good guy, a bad guy) so it was easy for each of the victims to feel like they'd been heard and well represented. The stories were interesting and felt like a time capsule back to the early/mid 2000s.

My mixed feelings stem from the author's struggle with her role in these tragedies. She mentions having doors slammed in her face and feeling like she was intruding on people's grief. I don't think she really reconciles this, although I'm glad she does address it a bit. It's very hard to know where the line between public/private is, and the value of telling a story publicly vs. keeping your private life private.

I really enjoyed reading about the authors experience as a reporter definitely not the glamorous job most of us think it is.I was really interested in what happened tothe people in these headline getting stories.The young victim of the states Island ferry crash saved by a young nurse who just happened to be there made a truly emotional story.#netgalley #greenleafbooks

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me the Advanced Review Copy of this book. This was one of those books that piqued my interest from the synopsis itself.
In this book,a journalist after two decades of news reporting revisits some of the people who she had interviewed earlier and tried to show her readers the impact of their respective traumatic experiences.
This book is a collection of ten different stories. All these stories will tug at your heartstrings and make you wonder about God’s justice system as you will come across real life stories in which honest people are unjustly punished while at the same time, people who are deserving of the harshest punishment possible roam free.
The person from whom I got inspired the most was the story of Zaina,who even after suffering extensive trauma at such a tender age, took steps and is still working towards changing the circumstances around her so that nobody else has to ever go through the suffering that she endured.
This book, although triggering in parts will rekindle your faith in humanity as you would realise that these people even after going through so much that they didn’t deserve to go through in the first place, while trying to move on and achieve a better life for themselves, are also trying to bring about a change in the society so that the history does not repeat itself.
Lastly, I highly commend the effort taken by the author to reconnect with the survivors of those highly devastating circumstances especially during the pandemic period when dread and uncertainty surrounded us on all sides and it was difficult to think about any other person except our immediate family and their safety. This book will serve as a reminder that what we see on the news is just a part of the story and not the whole story.

I enjoyed this book but at times it was hard to read. Some of the stories where heart breaking. I do like how the author realize she may have put pressure on the people. That they may have different fellings about the circumstances if they weren’t thrust into the limelight.
Some of the stories we are all just interested in as it could be us.

A wonderful story depicting the real life experiences of women who work in journalism, this was a great story that really inspired me to be more aware of the struggles that journalists and reporters go through, as well as the privilege that I have because I live in a place where news is more readily available to me.