Review by Marlene Engel
I’ve always found the word goodbye to be an oxymoron. Seldom is a goodbye an
actual good thing. In The Goodbye Year, Kaira Rouda chronicles the lives
of five families. She explores the relationship between husband and wife,
parent and child and between friends. The struggles we face when our
children are about to leave home, when someone we love has been unfaithful and
when substance abuse takes over one’s life. The situations in this book
are so relatable and things that happen to people on a daily basis, it makes
you realize that no one is immune to personal angst. Behind closed doors,
we all deal with our own goodbyes.
For me, personally, I was afraid of my “goodbye year.”
My boys’ high school graduations were fast approaching and the thought of being
an empty nester was terrifying. Not wanting to be without children in the
house when I was only in my late 30s, we made the decision to adopt a baby
girl. That bought me 18 more years before I had to worry about it again!
Written with such emotion and honesty, The Goodbye Year is destined to be a bestseller!
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About the Author:
Kaira Rouda is a USA TODAY
bestselling, multiple award-winning author of contemporary fiction that
sparkles with humor and heart including HERE, HOME, HOPE and IN THE MIROR. Her
latest novel, THE GOODBYE YEAR, will be released in May of 2016. Her modern romance
novels are set on beaches, including the Laguna Beach series, the Indigo Island
series and coming soon, the Malibu series.
She lives in Southern California with her family and is at work on her next novel. After living in Columbus, Ohio, for most of her life, she now enjoys the beach whenever possible.
She lives in Southern California with her family and is at work on her next novel. After living in Columbus, Ohio, for most of her life, she now enjoys the beach whenever possible.
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