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The accident that kills his wife, Dorothy, leaves Aaron bereft and the house a wreck. While those around him fuss and flap, Aaron ploughs on, busying himself with work at the family firm, a publisher with a successful line in 'Beginner's Guides'. 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 ... The cracks that start to reappear in their perfectly normal marriage are as well-worn and familiar to Aaron as Dorothy herself. As he begins to emerge from his grief, they are also a reassuringly poignant reminder that life may move on, but some things will forever remain the same.
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FICTION / Family Life, Death, Middle-aged men, FICTION / Literary, Fiction, Bereavement, Wives, Family life, FICTION, Literary, Family Life, Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Middle aged men, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2012-04-22, New York Times bestseller, American fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Widowers, fiction, Fiction, family life, New York Times reviewed, Psychological fictionShowing 7 featured editions. View all 13 editions?
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The beginner's goodbye: a novel
2012, Random House
in English
- First large print edition.
0739378546 9780739378540
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"Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she 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 market. 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. A beautiful, subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with Anne Tyler's humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles"--
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