Before & After

By: Laura Lockington

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Synopsis: Answering a newspaper ad leads to unexpected chaos in this dark and whimsical comedy . . . The members of the Amble family are bored by their humdrum lives. So when they see an ad in the paper from Flora Tate promising to bring some magic and miracles to ordinary lives, they decide to reach out. And when Flora steps through the door, she seems to be a breath of fresh air—a modern-day Mary Poppins, never aging but remaining youthful, attractive, and alluring. But as she targets each member of the family and starts to leave a trail of destruction in her wake, it’s not quite clear if she’s really all that she seems, and whether she will teach them the true meaning of happiness or cause their ultimate demise . . . “Flora is a creature after my own heart . . . Dark as night and funny as hell.” —Julie Burchill, author of Sugar Rush