The Goodbye Summer - Hardcover

Gaffney, Patricia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060185295 ISBN 13: 9780060185299

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2004

Synopsis

When her beloved grandmother insists on entering a convalescent home, music teacher Caddie finds herself confronting painful truths about her past, making a new best friend, and taking risks in love. By the author of The Saving Graces. 150,000 first printing.

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Review:

."..Richly nuanced."--Publishers Weekly

"A great book for the beach."--Kirkus Reviews

"Perceptive..."--Kirkus Reviews

"Compelling...breathtaking...unique."--Washington Post Book World on The Saving Graces

"[Gaffney is] a compulsively readable expert on the essence of women's friendships, in all their fits and starts."--BookPage

"A jewel of a book and every facet sparkles."--Nora Roberts

"Strong characters... an always readable story... a great book for the beach."--Kirkus Reviews

"Gaffney writes with wit and a sharp eye for detail."--BookPage

..".Richly nuanced."--Publishers Weekly

Richly nuanced. --Publishers Weekly"

From the Back Cover:

The New York Times bestselling author of the much-beloved The Saving Graces is back with a warm, winning new novel about daring to love, braving a loss, and setting yourself free.

How much change can one summer bring? If you're Caddie Winger -- thirty-two years old, still living with her grandmother, and giving piano lessons to neighborhood children -- one summer can make the whole world look different.

Caddie's mother died when she was nine, and Caddie was raised by her grandmother. Now their roles are reversed, and it's Caddie who takes care of Nana. When her grandmother breaks a leg and insists on going into a convalescent home, Caddie finds herself being pulled out of her comfy, self-made nest. Living alone for the first time since college, she uncovers some startling truths from her past.

Jolted, she looks at the world with new eyes and begins to take charge of her future. As she makes a new best friend, takes risks she never dreamed she could, and navigates the depths and shallows of true love and devastating heartbreak, Caddie learns how to trust other people and, ultimately, how to trust herself.

Wise, moving, and reassuringly real, The Goodbye Summer offers us a deeper understanding of the perplexing and invigorating magic that is life itself.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060185295
• ISBN 13: 9780060185299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400