num_pages: 257
description: Four narrators--bus driver Dolores, upright Bill, shrewd Mitchell, and teenaged Nichole--address agonizing questions as they describe an accident that killed fourteen children and the effects of the tragedy on themselves and their town
language: English
title: The Sweet Hereafter
titlecomplete: The Sweet Hereafter
characters: Mitchell Stephens, Esquire, Nichole Smythe Burnell, Dolores Driscoll, Billy Ansel (Sweet Hereafter)
genres: Fiction, American, School, Literature, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 9379
publisher: HarperCollins