{"product_id":"goodbye-without-leaving-006304644x","title":"Goodbye Without Leaving","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 006304644X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Laurie Colwin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most beloved novels from the critically acclaimed novelist Laurie Colwin, Goodbye Without Leaving explores a woman's attempts to reconcile her rock-and-roll past with her significantly more sedate family life as a wife and mother. As a bored graduate student, Geraldine Colshares 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. Employing Colwin's usual dry wit and candor, Goodbye Without Leaving is a classic novel from the writer hailed as \"ingenious, comic, and spirited\" by the Boston Globe and \"a writer of originality and vision\" by the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51604206289184,"sku":"NEW006304644X","price":12.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":51604206321952,"sku":"USED006304644X","price":11.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/content_01a2e6fb-31e3-4f62-875f-abcdc2c13a11.jpg?v=1778597153","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/goodbye-without-leaving-006304644x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}