Dorothy may have left the mortal plane, but she hasn’t quite left her husband, Aaron. Suddenly, in the midst of his grief, he’s seeing her everywhere—in their house, on the roadway, in the market.

Partly crippled since childhood, Aaron spent much of his life fending off a sister who tried to baby him, so when he met Dorothy—a woman who barely showed any interest in his handicap—it was a breath of fresh air. Theirs was a happy, quiet marriage…until her accidental death left him bereft. Now, as Anne Tyler’s The Beginner’s Goodbye unfolds, she’s back, giving them both a chance to steal some time together and reaffirm their love, and find a way to finally say goodbye. A wise, haunting and deeply moving novel about loss and recovery.