The Beginner's Goodbye
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:17th Jan '13
Should be back in stock very soon
The international bestseller from Anne Tyler: a story about two ordinary people so intertwined they cannot be separated - even by death ...
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.
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...
**ANNE TYLER HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**
'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce
'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali
'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks
'I love Anne Tyler. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson
A terrific writer... She's changed my perception on life'
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 * Sunday Herald *
She's a master storyteller and inventor of character * 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 * Independent on Sunday *
Richer and more alive than the best work almost any other writer is producing * Daily Telegraph *
This is what Tyler does better than almost any contemporary writer. She peers at the forgotten areas of the everyday, the bits that are hard to pinpoint... She looks at people -- at life -- from the inside out. * Sunday Times *
Brilliantly observed and mercifully unsentimental * The Times *
Yet again she has articulated the supreme difficulties of human communication in a calmly insightful exploration of love and truth, grief and reality. * Irish Times *
Her stories are quite unlike anyone else's * Daily Telegraph *
ISBN: 9780099572237
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 18mm
Weight: 222g
272 pages