af·ter·word

af·ter·word
/ˈæftɚˌwɚd, Brit ˈɑːftəˈwəːd/ noun, pl -words [count]
: a final section that comes after the main part of a book

The novel has a foreword by an eminent critic and an afterword by the author herself.


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