Goodbye Without Leaving: A Novel

by Laurie Colwin Narrated by Renata Friedman

Overview

One of the most beloved novels from the critically acclaimed novelist Laurie Colwin, Goodbye Without Leaving explores a woman's attempts to reconcile her rock-and-roll past with her significantly more sedate family life as a wife and mother.

As a bored graduate student, Geraldine Colshares is plucked from her too-tame existence when she is invited to tour as the only white backup singer for Vernon and Ruby Shakely and the Shakettes. The exciting years she spends as a Shakette are a mixed blessing, however, because when she ultimately submits to a conventional life of marriage and children, she finds herself stuck in bittersweet recollections of life on the road. As she grudgingly searches for a path toward happiness that doesn't involve a Day-Glo neon minidress, readers will be enchanted by Geraldine's attempts to grow up, even though she's already an adult.
 
Employing Colwin's usual dry wit and candor, Goodbye Without Leaving is a classic from the writer hailed as “ingenious, comic, and spirited” by the Boston Globe and “a writer of originality and vision" by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

I would love. . . to start a Colwin renaissance.” — Elin Hilderbrand, on NPR’s “All Things Considered”

“Poignant and hilarious . . . . Irresistible.” — Washington Post

“Colwin is ingenious, comedic and spirited.”  — Boston Globe

“[Colwin’s] eloquence is zany and startling at the same time. . . . Exhilarating and very funny.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review

“One of this year’s funniest and most charming heroines.” — Self

Boston Globe

Colwin is ingenious, comedic and spirited.” 

Washington Post

Poignant and hilarious . . . . Irresistible.

Self

One of this year’s funniest and most charming heroines.

Los Angeles Times Book Review

[Colwin’s] eloquence is zany and startling at the same time. . . . Exhilarating and very funny.

Self

One of this year’s funniest and most charming heroines.

Washington Post

Poignant and hilarious . . . . Irresistible.

Los Angeles Times Book Review

[Colwin’s] eloquence is zany and startling at the same time. . . . Exhilarating and very funny.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175631952
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	05/10/2022
Edition description:	Unabridged

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