Book Review - 'The Beginner's Goodbye' by Anne Tyler

Love and loss - all too brief ascent, tragedy, then a slow climb out

Here’s my book review of The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler.

It’s a story about love and sudden, tragic loss. Some fans complain it’s too short. So read it twice.

The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler (Vintage). Read it twice.

The second time through, slow down. Marvel at Anne Tyler's spare style. And ask yourself why it's not the same as other authors who limit themselves to twenty-word sentences, no more than two clauses per.