The beginner's goodbye : a novel

Author

Anne Tyler

Call Number

• FICTION TYLE (CEN, OSH)

Edition

1st U.S. ed.

Publication Information

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.

Physical Description

197 p. ; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Notes

"This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.