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The beginner's goodbye a novel

Tyler, Anne. (Author). Heyborne, Kirby. (Narrator).

Summary: 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780449013540 (electronic audio bk.)
  • ISBN: 0449013545 (electronic audio bk.)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    remote
    1 online resource (1 sound file) : digital.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Books on Tape, p2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Unabridged.
Duration: 6:22:00.
Downloadable audio file.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Kirby Heyborne.
Subject: Middle-aged men -- Fiction
Wives -- Death -- Fiction
Bereavement -- Fiction
Widowers -- Fiction
Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction
Healing -- Fiction
Life change events -- Fiction
Grief -- Fiction
Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction
Accidents -- Fiction
Spirits -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
General
Genre: Audiobooks.
Psychological fiction.
Ghost stories.
Downloadable audio books.

Electronic resources


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