The language of good-bye

Maribeth Fischer

earliest edition we have, 2001 Plume, 2002 paperback 352 pages

Thorndike Press large print women's fiction series

"When starting a new marriage or a new life in another country, how do you relinquish the past so that you may successfully begin anew without losing a sense of who you have become? What is the cost of leaving a country, a child, a marriage? What is the cost of not leaving? These are the questions Maribeth Fischer asks in The Language of Good-bye, an accomplished, provocative debut novel.". "For Annie and Will, who...

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The Language of Good-bye paperback · 2002 · Plume · 352 pages · 9780452283091
The language of good-bye edition · 2001 · Piatkus · 343 pages
The language of good-bye edition · 2001 · Thorndike Press · 573 pages
The language of good-bye edition · 2001 · Dutton · 343 pages

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