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The beginner's goodbye : a novel / by Anne Tyler.
- Description: 197 p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.
- ISBN: 9780307957276 (hardcover) :
- ISBN: 0307957276 (hardcover) :
Available copies
- 37 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
Current holds
0 current holds with 48 total copies.
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| Beverly Bookmobile | Adult Fiction | Fiction/ Tyler (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Beverly Farms | Adult Fiction | Fiction/ Tyler (Text to phone) | Checked out | 06/12/2013 |
| Beverly Main | Adult Fiction | Fiction/ Tyler (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Beverly Main | NEW | Fiction/ Tyler (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Beverly Main | Adult Fiction | Fiction/ Tyler (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Beverly Main | Adult Fiction | Fiction/ Tyler (Text to phone) | Checked out | 06/08/2013 |
| Danvers | Adult Fiction | Fic / Tyler (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Endicott College | General Collection | PS 3570 .Y45 B44 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Everett - Parlin Memorial | Adult Fiction | FIC/Tyler (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Everett - Shute Memorial | Adult Fiction | FIC/Tyler (Text to phone) | Available | - |
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| Summary: | In this novel the author explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances in their house, on the roadway, in the markets. Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron has spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, independent young woman, she is like a breath of fresh air. Unhesitatingly, he marries her, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. 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 help him to live in the moment and to find some peace. Gradually he discovers, as he works in the family's vanity publishing business, turning out titles that presume to guide beginners through the trials of life, that maybe for this beginner there is a way of saying goodbye. This book is a subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with the author's humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles. |
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| Subject: |
Middle-aged men >
Fiction. Wives > Death > Fiction. Bereavement > Fiction. |
| Genre: |
Ghost stories. Psychological fiction. |
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