The Beginner's Goodbye

The Beginner's Goodbye

2012 • 198 pages

Ratings13

Average rating3.8

15

Anne Tyler never disappoints. This love story about an unlikely pair is as unconventional as the couple. What intrigued me was the beginning, when the reader learns that Aaron's wife is back from the dead, after dying unexpectedly and in an unusual way in their home. I wondered how could that be.I know it's fiction, but death is death. The way Anne Tyler shows a man grieving the loss of his wife, and how his mind works to keep her alive was a delight to read. This is a book I could easily read again.

February 28, 2015