{"product_id":"hello-goodbye-a-novel-isbn-9780062034601","title":"Hello Goodbye: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Tender. . . . Chenoweth’saffectionate style works marvelously, capturing the decadence of youth.” —\u003cem\u003eNewYork Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIna 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Condition\u003c\/em\u003e, Susan Minot’s \u003cem\u003eEvening\u003c\/em\u003e,and Kim Edwards’ \u003cem\u003eThe Memory Keeper’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHello Goodbye \u003c\/em\u003eisat once an intimate coming-of-age tale and a solemn, elegiac exploration oflife’s passage. \u003cem\u003eElle \u003c\/em\u003emagazine calls \u003cem\u003eHello Goodbye \u003c\/em\u003e\"A tenderode to empathy. . . . Every page of this book serves as an affirmation of theterrible, wrenching beauty of life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn the summer after her freshman year of college, Abby Hansen embarks on what might be a final vacation with her parents to a historic resort in northern New Hampshire. The Presidential Hotel, with its stately rooms and old-fashioned dress code, seems almost unbearably stuffy to Abby, but the young, free-spirited hotel staff offers her the chance for new friendships, and maybe even romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, for her parents, Elliott and Helen, their time spent together in the shadow of the White Mountains has taken on a deeper meaning. By inviting family friends to join them, they open their marriage up to a lifetime of confessions, and they must confront a secret about Helen's health that they have been hiding from their daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeartbreaking and luminous, \u003cem\u003eHello Goodbye\u003c\/em\u003e deftly explores a family's struggle with love and loss, as a summer vacation becomes an occasion for awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Elegantly crafted.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair on Hello Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moving and assured.... Chenoweth’s smart, unsentimental and poignant takes on living and dying ring true, and her exploration of coming-of-age and coming to terms with mortality is divine.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review) on Hello Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Chenoweth] writes gracefully and eloquently of loss and love, portraying both generations at their most self-absorbed and most vulnerable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal on Hello Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This bright, well-crafted novel, set at a family gathering to celebrate a mother whose death is imminent, steers competently away from the maudlin and makes what could be a heavy-handed exploration of mortality instead an entertaining, sometimes delicate story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLydia Millet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chenoweth avoids sentimentality, handling emotions with grace and consummate skill.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An understated debut novel of great beauty and power.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews on Hello Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A beautiful novel ...Chenoweth’s eye for telling detail is as sure as her language is playful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice Sebold, author of The Almost Moon and The Lovely Bones, on Hello Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Poignant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe on Hello Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tender....Chenoweth’s affectionate style works marvelously, capturing the decadence of youth.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times on Hello Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chenoweth writes with a restraint that allows minor gestures to become elegantly weighted with meaning.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker on Hello Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tender ode to empathy.... 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