{"product_id":"beginner-s-goodbye-book-anne-tyler-9780307957276","title":"The Beginner's Goodbye","description":"\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel about loss and recovery, pierced throughout with her humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron grew up fending off a sister who constantly wanted to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, an outspoken, independent young woman, she's like a breath of fresh air. He marries her without hesitation, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. Aaron works at his family's vanity-publishing business, turning out titles that presume to guide beginners through the trials of life. But when a tree crashes into their house and Dorothy is killed, Aaron feels as though he has been erased forever. Only Dorothy's unexpected appearances from the dead--in their house, on the roadway, in the market--help him to live in the moment and to find some peace. Gradually, Aaron discovers that maybe for this beginner there is indeed a way to say goodbye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLike a modern Jane Austen, Tyler creates small worlds  depicting] the intimate bonds of friendship and family.--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn absolute charmer of a novel . . . With sparkling prose . . .  Anne] Tyler gets at the beating heart of what it means to lose someone, to say goodbye.--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eClassic Tyler . . . The wonder of Anne Tyler is how consistently clear-eyed and truthful she remains about the nature of families and especially marriage.--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBeautifully intricate . . . By the exquisitely romantic emotional climax  an] ordinary life has bloomed into an opera.--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Don't miss the conversation between Anne Tyler and Robb Forman Dew at the back of the book.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49547603575057,"sku":"GOR006910185","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49974276489489,"sku":"GOR005156922","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50214545785105,"sku":"CIN0307957276G","price":3.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50348510282001,"sku":"CIN0307957276A","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50611069387025,"sku":"CIN0307957276VG","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0307957276.jpg?v=1751164960","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/beginner-s-goodbye-book-anne-tyler-9780307957276","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}