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The Art of Saying Goodbye by Ellyn Bache

The Art of Saying Goodbye

A Novel

by Ellyn Bache

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  • Jun 2011, 352 pages
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  • Donna W. (Wauwatosa, WI)
    The Art of Saying Goodbye
    The book revolves around the lives of 5 women both before and after they learn that one of them has a serious illness. It is not a great storyline, and the author doesn't delve deeply enough into any of the character's lives that we form much of an attachment to them.

    I kept expecting more, and never felt that I got much. At best it was just an ok read.
  • Karen J. (Bremerton, WA)
    Disappointed
    It's a good story but lightly told and given the title and subject I expected more. The cover of the book shows three women and had the author limited her story to three, one of whom was dying, there would have been more opportunity for depth. Instead I felt like I was skimming along a one dimensional surface, bouncing back and forth between the lives of the five women, covering a lot of territory yet never plunging much deeper than a few layers. Had I not held such high expectations perhaps I would not have been disappointed, but I was.
  • Jo B. (DeRidder, LA)
    The art of saying Goodbye
    This book appealed to me with the description comparing it to authors that I like. It is a major disappointment. I find the characters poorly developed and the story line weak. I'm not going to finish it because I have too many other books to read. Sorry this one wasn't better developed.
  • Marti F. (Coralville, IA)
    Very disappointed
    The brief intro at the beginning of this book does not accurately describe this book at all. It states that the four women, (who find ways to comfort their friend who is dying), "grow closer as the days go by." Actually, none of these four women are good friends, merely acquaintances. They rarely interact during the course of the book. If they had, there would have been some depth and interesting reading. But to me, it felt disjointed.

    The last page was beautifully written and there was some sense at the end that each of the four women and their lives had been changed in a good way.
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