The Goodbye Girls
by Juliet Domvile
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Pub Date Oct 11 2022 | Archive Date Oct 10 2022
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Description
The first client for two newbie funeral planners is a murdered biker. What could go wrong?
When millennial Aislin Fitzgerald’s professional life implodes, she does the only thing she can think of — she bolts for home. But, for Aislin, home is complicated. Her relationship with her grandmother Letty—her sole relative—is awkward and confrontational, and her hometown is filled with memories and people she has been avoiding her entire adult life.
It’s not all bad, though. A chance meeting with Aislin’s former best friend, Sarah, leads to a niche business opportunity. Noticing how entertained Letty is by attending funerals, they form a funeral planning business, the Goodbye Girls. But things get off to a rocky start when their first gig is for a murdered member of the local biker club, and the prime suspect disappears. While bodies stack up, tensions rise and drinks flow; Aislin and Sarah find themselves leagues out of their comfort zones.
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- eGalleys distributed through NetGalley
- KIRKUS and editorial reviews
- Advance Reader Copy campaign
- Goodreads giveaway
- eBook Promo Service
- Awards submission
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781778351068 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Feral R, Reviewer
Author Juliet Domvile starts her book, The Goodbye Girls, by describing life’s road needing constant maintenance and Aislin Fitzgerald starting off in a sink hole. First paragraph and I identified with the protagonist.
Aislin’s life was filled with angst and grief, some fate induced, some she brought on herself. She worked as a journalist right out of college and managed to offend her BFF, her boss and the advertisers so she packed up her clothes and her turtle and took off to return home to her grandmother Letty. This, too, may have been an error in judgement as the two women have always found it hard to get along. Probably because they’re so much alike.
Back in her childhood home she and her school pal Sarah again become friends. Sarah is now divorced with a child and she, too, is back with her folks. Mutual need develops into a plan for a business the two can run together. The scheme emerges because Aislin observes Letty going to a constant string of funerals and then coming home to complain about how poorly they are run. Why not become funeral planners? The plan hatches.
Neither woman has the background nor the skills nor, let’s face it, the smarts to lead this plan to fruition but that doesn’t stop the train of progress. Soon they have their first customer. Unfortunately, it’s a motorcycle club who wants a sendoff for their murdered resident Don Juan, Twiggy. The club is the Timberwolves and they plan to invite rival clubs plus Twiggy’s bevy of married girlfriends.
Actually, although the set-up is pure gold, the author can’t quite keep the punchline going. What author Domvile can do is to pack the book with so many interesting and well fleshed secondary characters that this becomes fun to read. There’s the vet, the funeral director, the woman who runs the local eatery, the busybody, the doom & gloom finger wagger, and best of all, Secretariat, the turtle. This is a fun summer read.
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Heather D, Reviewer
This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from House of Miles Books and #NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.
A quirky book with characters I find charming. I hope there's more from Juliet Domville and The Goodbye Girls. Defiantly worth the read, book clubs would benefit from this one.
Joanne H, Reviewer
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC
Charming characters. Quirky characters which appealed to me. The book title grabbed me initially - putting fun into funerals. There was a lot happening within the pages and at times a little chaotic but generally,I liked it.
Amanda H, Reviewer
I really enjoyed this weird book. The lead is unlike able, but everyone she surrounds herself with is a delight and it somehow balances out very well. I love Aislin's relationships with her grandmother and her best friend/business partner. The idea of translating wedding planner experience into funeral planning is fun and the hijinks were hilarious. I hope to read more tales about the Goodby Girls and all their crew.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC
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