The Beginner's Goodbye

The Beginner's Goodbye
First edition cover, New York, 2012
Author	Anne Tyler
Original title	The Beginner's Goodbye
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Knopf
Publication date	2012
Published in English	April 3, 2012
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	208 pp
ISBN	9780307957276
OCLC	745979743
Dewey Decimal	813/.54
LC Class	PS3570.Y45 B44 2012 (2011033507)^[1]
Preceded by	Noah's Compass

The Beginner's Goodbye is a 2012 novel by Anne Tyler.

Plot summary

Aaron Woolcott is an editor for a publisher of books with the beginner in mind. After the death of Aaron's wife, Dorothy, he thinks there should be a beginner's guide to dealing with the death of a spouse.

Reviews

Michiko Kakutani:"Haunted by Life, Haunted by Wife", New York Times (April 5, 2012).
Julia Glass: "Grieving Lessons", New York Times (May 4, 2012).

References

↑ Staff. "Beginner's Goodbye – The Library of Congress". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

External links

Works by Anne Tyler

Novels	If Morning Ever Comes (1964) The Tin Can Tree (1965) A Slipping-Down Life (1970) The Clock Winder (1972) Celestial Navigation (1974) Searching for Caleb (1975) Earthly Possessions (1977) Morgan's Passing (1980) Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982) The Accidental Tourist (1985) Breathing Lessons (1988) Saint Maybe (1991) Ladder of Years (1995) A Patchwork Planet (1998) Back When We Were Grownups (2001) The Amateur Marriage (2004) Digging to America (2006) Noah's Compass (2010) The Beginner's Goodbye (2012) A Spool of Blue Thread

Adaptations	The Accidental Tourist (film, 1988) Saint Maybe (TV film, 1998) A Slipping-Down Life (film, 1999) Earthly Possessions (TV film, 1999)

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