Hello Goodbye: A Novel

by Emily Chenoweth

Overview

“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."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062034601
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	06/14/2011
Series:	P.S. Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.78(w) x 5.48(h) x 0.73(d)

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.

What People are Saying About This

Lydia Millet

“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.”

Alice Sebold

“A beautiful novel ...Chenoweth’s eye for telling detail is as sure as her language is playful.”

Editorial Reviews

Tender....Chenoweth’s affectionate style works marvelously, capturing the decadence of youth.

New York Times on Hello Goodbye

Poignant.

Boston Globe on Hello Goodbye

A tender ode to empathy.... Every page of this book serves as an affirmation of the terrible, wrenching beauty of life.

Elle Magazine on Hello Goodbye

A beautiful novel ...Chenoweth’s eye for telling detail is as sure as her language is playful.

Alice Sebold

Elegantly crafted.

Vanity Fair on Hello Goodbye

Chenoweth avoids sentimentality, handling emotions with grace and consummate skill.

New York Journal of Books

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.

Lydia Millet

Chenoweth writes with a restraint that allows minor gestures to become elegantly weighted with meaning.

New Yorker on Hello Goodbye

"Elegantly crafted."

Vanity Fairon Hello Goodbye

A tender ode to empathy.... Every page of this book serves as an affirmation of the terrible, wrenching beauty of life.

Elle Magazine

Chenoweth writes with a restraint that allows minor gestures to become elegantly weighted with meaning.

New Yorker

Tender....Chenoweth’s affectionate style works marvelously, capturing the decadence of youth.

New York Times

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