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The Goodbye Process: Stories - Paperback

by Mary Jones
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary JonesPublish date:2024-07-30Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Zibby BooksISBN-13:9781958506622ISBN-10:1958506621UPC:9781958506622Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), LiterarySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCSEMVT1X1

A USA Today Bestseller!
A Library Journal Best Book of 2024!
An Electric Literature "Most Exciting Debut Short Story Collection of 2024"

"Short story fans might just discover their new favorite author in this arresting collection, a must-have."-Library Journal (starred review)

What happens when you are forced to let go of the things you love the most? What are you left with?

In her stunning debut short story collection, The Goodbye Process, Mary Jones uses her distinctive voice to examine the painful and sometimes surreal ways we say goodbye.

The stories-which range from tender and heartbreaking to unsettling and darkly funny-will push you out of your comfort zone and ignite intense emotions surrounding love and loss. A woman camps out on the porch of an ex-lover who has barricaded himself inside the house; a preteen girl caught shoplifting finds herself in grave danger; a Los Angeles real estate agent falls for a woman who helps him detach from years of dramatic plastic surgery; a man hires a professional mourner to ensure his wife's funeral is a success. Again and again, Jones's characters find themselves facing the ends of things: relationships, health, and innocence.

Arresting, original, and beautifully rendered, this story collection packs a punch, just the way grief does―knocking us off our feet.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Zibby BooksISBN-13:9781958506622ISBN-10:1958506621UPC:9781958506622Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), LiterarySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCSEMVT1X1

Mary Jones's stories and essays have appeared in many journals including Electric Literature's Recommended Reading, Subtropics, EPOCH, Alaska Quarterly Review, Columbia Journal, The Hopkins Review, Gay Mag, The Normal School, Epiphany, Santa Monica Review, Brevity and elsewhere. The recipient of a summer prose fellowship from The University of Arizona Poetry Center, her work has been cited as notable in The Best American Essays and appeared in The Best Microfiction 2022. She holds an MFA from Bennington College and teaches fiction writing at UCLA Extension. Originally from Upstate New York, she lives in Los Angeles.


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