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The Beginner's Goodbye Anne Tyler

The Beginner's Goodbye By Anne Tyler

The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler


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Summary

When Dorothy came back from the dead, it seemed to Aaron that some people simply didn't notice.

The accident that killed Dorothy - involving an oak tree, a sun porch and some elusive biscuits - leaves Aaron bereft and the house a wreck.

The Beginner's Goodbye Summary

The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler

When Dorothy came back from the dead, it seemed to Aaron that some people simply didn't notice.

The accident that killed Dorothy - involving an oak tree, a sun porch and some elusive biscuits - leaves Aaron bereft and the house a wreck. As those around him fuss and flap and bring him casserole after casserole, Aaron ploughs on. But then Dorothy starts to materialise in the oddest places. At first, she only comes for a short while, leaving Aaron longing for more. Gradually she stays for longer, and as they talk, they also bicker and the cracks that were present in their perfectly ordinary marriage start to reappear...

'One of my favourite authors' Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies

'My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world' Nick Hornby

The Beginner's Goodbye Reviews

A terrific writer... She's changed my perception on life' * Anna Chancellor *
Deeply rewarding novel about grief and hope, infused with gentle humour * Sunday Times *
A near flawless novel of love and loss ... exquisitely poignant but unsentimental -- Rosemary Goring * Sunday Herald *
She's a master storyteller and inventor of character -- Vanessa Berridge * Daily Express *
This novel's great achievement is to capture the tensions and subtleties of a married life cut short... I read it virtually in one sitting, but that's a fairly common experience with Anne Tyler books... I didn't want it to end. Which is also a fairly common Tyler thing -- Viv Groskop * Independent on Sunday *

About Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her bestselling novels include Breathing Lessons, The Accidental Tourist, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Ladder of Years, Back When We Were Grownups, A Patchwork Planet, The Amateur Marriage, Digging to America, A Spool of Blue Thread, Vinegar Girl, Clock Dance and Redhead by the Side of the Road.

In 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons; in 1994 she was nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as 'the greatest novelist writing in English'; in 2012 she received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence; and in 2015 A Spool of Blue Thread was a Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize.

Additional information

GOR004484371
9780099572237
0099572230
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2013-01-17
272
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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