Goodbye for Now - Hardcover

Frankel, Laurie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385536186 ISBN 13: 9780385536189

Publisher: Doubleday, 2012

Synopsis

In the spirit of ONE DAY, comes a fresh and warmhearted love story for the 21st century. Sometimes the end is just the beginning . . .

Sam Elling works for an internet dating company, but he still can't get a date. So he creates an algorithm that will match you with your soul mate. Sam meets the love of his life, a coworker named Meredith, but he also gets fired when the company starts losing all their customers to Mr. and Ms. Right.

When Meredith's grandmother, Livvie, dies suddenly, Sam uses his ample free time to create a computer program that will allow Meredith to have one last conversation with her grandmother. Mining from all her correspondence—email, Facebook, Skype, texts—Sam constructs a computer simulation of Livvie who can respond to email or video chat just as if she were still alive. It's not supernatural, it's computer science.

Meredith loves it, and the couple begins to wonder if this is something that could help more people through their grief. And thus, the company RePose is born. The business takes off, but for every person who just wants to say good-bye, there is someone who can't let go.

In the meantime, Sam and Meredith's affection for one another deepens into the kind of love that once tasted, you can't live without. But what if one of them suddenly had to? This entertaining novel, delivers a charming and bittersweet romance as well as a lump in the throat exploration of the nature of love, loss, and life (both real and computer simulated). Maybe nothing was meant to last forever, but then again, sometimes love takes on a life of its own.

About this title

Product Description:

Goodbye for Now In the spirit of "One Day," comes a fresh and warmhearted love story for the 21st century about an internet dating company worker who still can't get a date. Full description

Review:

A fabulous, original read - very funny, yet so sad and thought-provoking too. I couldn't put it down (Liane Moriarty, author of THE HUSBAND'S SECRET)

An ingenious emotional riptide of a story that leaves your heart drifting in the gulf between losing a loved one and actually letting them go (Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET)

Witty writing and a fast-moving story make Goodbye for Now compulsively readable (Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project)

Will make you laugh, think and cry (Jill Mansell)

Clever, funny, moving, intelligent, GOODBYE FOR NOW is about love and loss, real live emotions and human relationships... Will Laurie Frankel's wonderful book capture your heart and imagination? Absolutely. You will laugh; you will cry (Garth Stein, author of THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN)

A kooky story that fans of One Day will love (Glamour)

If you like your love stories modern, clever, and a little weepy (think ONE DAY), you will adore this (Redbook)

The strength of Frankel's story is that she tackles big questions surrounding grief. . . . A perfect end-of-summer cottage read. As a writer, Frankel is literate, funny and at times poignant (Toronto Star)

There's no denying Frankel's warmth, wit and ingenuity in this cleverly conceived charmer (Kirkus Reviews)

'Will make you laugh, think and cry' (Jill Mansell)

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0385536186
• ISBN 13: 9780385536189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 289