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In this arresting, debut collection of short stories, Mary Jones uses her incredibly powerful voice to examine the painful ways we say goodbye. With satisfying depth, and at times mouth-dropping details, these stories will push you out of your comfort zone and ignite intense emotions, even shock, surrounding love and loss.
All of the characters are united by the central theme of grief: a woman camps out on the porch of an ex-lover who has barricaded himself inside his house; a fatherless preteen girl caught shoplifting finds herself in grave danger; a widow moves back to her hometown and befriends a homely college student; a Los Angeles real estate agent falls for a woman who helps him detach from years of dramatic plastic surgery; a man hires a professional mourner to ensure his wife's funeral is a success. The stories gathered in this collection are dark, stunning, and beautifully rendered.
The Goodbye Process will force readers to reflect on how we survive intense love and intense loss.
In this arresting, debut collection of short stories, Mary Jones uses her incredibly powerful voice to examine the painful ways we say goodbye. With satisfying depth, and at times mouth-dropping details, these stories will push you out of your comfort zone and ignite intense emotions, even shock, surrounding love and loss.
All of the characters are united by the central theme of grief: a woman camps out on the porch of an ex-lover who has barricaded himself inside his house; a fatherless preteen girl caught shoplifting finds herself in grave danger; a widow moves back to her hometown and befriends a homely college student; a Los Angeles real estate agent falls for a woman who helps him detach from years of dramatic plastic surgery; a man hires a professional mourner to ensure his wife's funeral is a success. The stories gathered in this collection are dark, stunning, and beautifully rendered.
The Goodbye Process will force readers to reflect on how we survive intense love and intense loss.
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