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Book Description:
The New York Times bestselling author of the much-beloved The Saving Graces is back with a warm, winning new novel about daring to love, braving a loss, and learning to live a little.
How much change can one summer bring?
If you're Caddie Winger -- thirty-two years old, still living with her grandmother and giving piano lessons to neighborhood children -- one summer can make the whole world look different. Caddie's mother died when she was nine, and her grandmother raised her. Now their roles are reversed, and it's Caddie who takes care of Nana. When her grandmother breaks a leg and insists on going into a convalescent home, Caddie finds herself being pulled out of her comfy, self-made nest. Living alone for the first time since college, she uncovers some startling truths from her past.
Jolted, she looks at the world with new eyes and begins to take charge of her future. As she makes a new best friend, takes risks she never dreamed she could, and navigates the depths and shallows of true love and devastating heartbreak, Caddie learns how to trust other people and, ultimately, how to trust herself. Wise, moving and reassuringly real, The Goodbye Summer offers us a deeper understanding of the perplexing and invigorating magic that is life itself.
Performed by Jan Maxwell
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Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Romance >> Authors, A-Z >> ( G ) >> Gaffney, Patricia
Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Paperback
Top Member Reviews
Emma M. from MUNCIE, IN wrote on 2/20/2007...I've read this book in my spare time, and I really enjoyed the story. I became so attached to the main character, Caddie, that I did cry in this book. Any book that can make me cry is an A++ in my mind!
This is a book about a 32 year old woman living with her grandmother and going through life changes that many woman have gone through earlier. Caddie's Nan goes into an assisted living facility, Wake House, and you will meet a great group of older characters with unique and familiar personalities. I enjoyed the book very much.
Probably my least liked of Gaffney's novels. Trite and annoying characters, trite and annoying plot. She can do so much better!
A great read.
Great summer read I've enjoyed all her books
Deborah S. from PARKVILLE, MO wrote on 4/16/2006...Unforgettable novel about daring to love,braving a loss & setting yourself free.
Cathy S. from EIGHTY FOUR, PA wrote on 10/8/2005...I loved this book ! I fast became a Patricia Gaffney fan after reading 'The Saving Graces.'
Heather L. from AMHERST, NH wrote on 7/19/2005...A music teacher who lives with her grandmother finds herself writing biographies of elderly people. Lovely characters.
Chesha R. from LAS VEGAS, NV wrote on 5/11/2005...A sweet story but a little slow going.
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Sally D. from SPRING BRANCH, TX wrote on 4/30/2007...Brand new and unread.
Kristy M. from KENT, WA wrote on 2/23/2007...For 32 year old Caddie Winger, one summer can make the whole world look different. Jolted out of her comfy, self-made nest and forced to look at the world with new eyes, Caddie begins to take charge of her future--making a new best friend, taking risks she never dreamed she could, and navigating the depths and shallows of true love and crushing heartbreak. And in the course of one extraordinary season, Caddie will learn how to trust other people....and, ultimately, how to trust herself.
Kimberly S. from KATHLEEN, GA wrote on 1/22/2007...Caddie Winger, is jolted out of her comfy, self made nest and is forced to look at the world with new eyes. She begins to take charge of her future, by making a new best friend, taking risks she never dreamed she could and navigating the depths and shallows of true love and crushing heartbreak.
For thirty-two year-old Caddie Winger, one summer can make the whole world look different. Jolted out of her comfy, self-made nest and forced to look at the world with new eyes, caddie begins to take charge of her furture-making a new best friend, taking risk she never dreamed she could, and navigating the depths and shallows of true love and crusing heartbreak. And in the course of one extraordinary season, Caddie will learn how to trust other people...and ultimately, how to trust herself.
Joan K. (One remarkable summer can change a life forever.
by Bestselling author of Saving Graces
Caddie discovers one summer can make the whole world different for a 32 year old as she makes new friends and takes risks she never dreamed she could due. Finds love and heartbreak, and finally learns to trust others and herself.
Bernie N. (For thirty-two-year-old Caddie Winger, one summer can make the whole world look different. Jolted out of her comfy, self-made nest and forced to look at the world with new eyes, Caddie begins to take charge of her future -- making a new best friend, taking risks she never dreamed she could, and navigating the depths and shallows of true love and crushing heartbreak. And in the course of one extraordinary season, Caddie will learn how to trust other people ... and, ultimately, how to trust herself.
Betsy G. from GREENCASTLE, PA wrote on 11/26/2005...A great read by Ganffney, Caddie Winger at 32 takes a summer to make the whole worl d loook different.