The Language of Good-Bye by
Maribeth Fischer
A Book I Reread Often...
What is the cost of leaving a country, a child, a marriage? What is the cost
of not leaving? These are the questions at the heart of The Language of
Good-bye, Maribeth Fischers powerful and provocative debut novel.
For Annie and Will, who have left their marriages to be together, the
future is fraught with the complications of starting over. Both have left
pieces of themselves behind: For Annie, it is the husband and friend she
has known since childhood; for Will, it is the five-year-old daughter he
adores. And for the Korean-born Sungae, one of Annies English-as-a-
second-language students, it is a search for the words that will help her
resolve the sorrows of her tragic history.
As Sungae struggles with the new language and with her memories, her
story unfolds in ways that will have profound consequences not only for
Sungae, but for Annie, Will, and their former spouses. A lyrical and deeply
moving novel about love, loss, and language-and about confronting lifes
tough choices-The Language of Good-bye weaves a wonderful story
[about] letting go of the past and moving forward into the future (Gail
Tsukiyama, author of The Language of Threads).
Personal Review: The Language of Good-Bye by Maribeth
Fischer
I love Maribeth Fischer's writing. I had pulled The Language of Good-bye
from a library shelf, having heard nothing about the author or book, and
was immediately drawn to the language, the characters, the story. The
writing is just so honest and the situations created, compelling. After
buying a copy, I found myself rereading it, talking about it, lending it
out....It's wonderful to stumble upon a writer who so much deserves to be
published.
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