Goodbye Without Leaving

<p><strong>Poignant and hilarious . . . . Irresistible. </strong>-- <strong><em>Washington Post</em></strong></p><p><strong>One of the most beloved novels from the critically acclaimed novelist Laurie Colwin <em>Goodbye Without Leaving</em> explores a woman's attempts to reconcile her rock-and-roll past with her significantly more sedate family life as a wife and mother.</strong></p><p>As a bored graduate student Geraldine Coleshares is plucked from her too-tame existence when she is invited to tour as the only white backup singer for Vernon and Ruby Shakely and the Shakettes. The exciting years she spends as a Shakette are a mixed blessing however because when she ultimately submits to a conventional life of marriage and children she finds herself stuck in bittersweet recollections of life on the road. As she grudgingly searches for a path toward happiness that doesn't involve a Day-Glo neon minidress readers will be enchanted by Geraldine's attempts to grow up even though she's already an adult.</p><p>Employing Colwin's usual dry wit and candor <em>Goodbye Without Leaving</em> is a classic novel from the writer hailed as ingenious comic and spirited by the <em>Boston Globe</em> and a writer of originality and vision by the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em>.</p>