Hello Goodbye - A Novel

"Tender. . . . Chenoweth''saffectionate style works marvelously, capturing the decadence of youth." -- NewYork Times Ina single week, one family leaves behind its past as a daughter awakens to a newfuture, in Emily Chenoweth''s intimate and beautifully crafted debut novel oflove, loss, and learning to start over. Perfect for readers of Jennifer Haigh''s The Condition , Susan Minot''s Evening ,and Kim Edwards'' The Memory Keeper''s Daughter , Hello Goodbye isat once an intimate coming-of-age tale and a solemn, elegiac exploration oflife''s passage. Elle magazine calls Hello Goodbye "A tenderode to empathy. . . . Every page of this book serves as an affirmation of theterrible, wrenching beauty of life."

About the author

Emily Chenoweth is a former fiction editor of Publishers Weekly. Her work has appeared in Tin House, Bookforum, and People, among other publications. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Product details

• Authors: Emily Chenoweth
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.06.2011
• EAN: 9780062034601
• ISBN: 978-0-06-203460-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Holidays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Romance / Holiday *, FICTION: Medical, FICTION: Romance / Medical, FICTION: World Literature / American / General