The Beginner’s Goodbye

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Description

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

Additional information

Weight 0.222 kg
Dimensions 1.8 × 13 × 19.8 cm
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format

Language

Pages

272

publisher

Year Published

2013-1-17

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0099572230

About The Author

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 Grown-ups, Digging to America, A Spool of Blue Thread, Clock Dance, Redhead by the Side of the Road and French Braid.In 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize; in 1994 she was nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as 'the greatest novelist writing in English'; and in 2012 she received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. In 2015 A Spool of Blue Thread was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Booker Prize; and in 2020 Redhead by the Side of the Road was longlisted for the Booker Prize.

A terrific writer… She's changed my perception on life'

Other text

Deeply rewarding novel about grief and hope, infused with gentle humour

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