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==Literary fiction==
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|author=Anne Tyler
|title=The Beginner's Goodbye
|rating=4.5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Aaron's wife, Dorothy, was killed in an accident. An oak tree fell on their home, demolishing the sun porch where Dorothy happened to be at the time. He worried that if he had done things differently (a matter of some biscuits and a television set) Dorothy might not have been where she was and might still be alive and for a while he camped out in the wrecked house until further damage forced him to move in with his sister. It was then that he realised that Dorothy wasn't really dead - well, not dead as we understand it - as she materialised in odd places, wearing the clothes she used to wear and eventually staying with Aaron for longer periods of time. And gradually they began to bicker, just like a long-married couple...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701187190</amazonuk>
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|author=Christopher Burns