The Goodbye Process

Stories

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Pub Date Jul 30 2024 | Archive Date Jul 30 2024

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A USA Today Bestseller!
A Library Journal Best Book of 2024! 
An Electric Literature “Most Exciting Debut Short Story Collection of 2024”

“Short story fans might just discover their new favorite author in this arresting collection, a must-have.”—Library Journal (starred review)

What happens when you are forced to let go of the things you love the most? What are you left with?

In her stunning debut short story collection, The Goodbye Process, Mary Jones uses her distinctive voice to examine the painful and sometimes surreal ways we say goodbye.

The stories—which range from tender and heartbreaking to unsettling and darkly funny—will push you out of your comfort zone and ignite intense emotions surrounding love and loss. A woman camps out on the porch of an ex-lover who has barricaded himself inside the house; a preteen girl caught shoplifting finds herself in grave danger; a Los Angeles real estate agent falls for a woman who helps him detach from years of dramatic plastic surgery; a man hires a professional mourner to ensure his wife’s funeral is a success. Again and again, Jones’s characters find themselves facing the ends of things: relationships, health, and innocence.

Arresting, original, and beautifully rendered, this story collection packs a punch, just the way grief does―knocking us off our feet.

A USA Today Bestseller!
A Library Journal Best Book of 2024! 
An Electric Literature “Most Exciting Debut Short Story Collection of 2024”

“Short story fans might just discover their new favorite...


Advance Praise

“The stories of The Goodbye Process are startling, haunting, and original. Mary Jones captures the eerie light that transfuses those often-forgotten and overlooked corners of the heart. These stories shape shift and beguile, offering up their remarkable insights with wit and genuine style. A brilliant book of stories.” —Brandon Taylor, author of The Late Americans

“Mary Jones builds enormous depth in direct clear sentences—over and over again, I found myself moved and wowed by how much she packed into a moment, how swiftly she could conjure a person. And she pulls us in, too—her words have these subtle magnets in them, drawing a reader close. Thrilling abundance here.” —Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

“Mary Jones’s delightful story collection, The Goodbye Process, is full of surprises; sometimes funny, often heartbreaking, always memorable.” —Jill McCorkle, author of Old Crimes: and Other Stories

"Keenly felt and observed, always humane, the stories in Jones’s debut begin where all the best stories do: the end of one thing, the start of the next. The Goodbye Process introduces an arresting new voice." —Taylor Koekkoek, author of Thrillville, USA

"In these exquisite and emotionally distilled stories, Jones illuminates the mysterious corners of grief and grace with poignancy and spiky humor. While wholly original, Jones’s prose shares literary DNA with Mary Gaitskill, Aimee Bender, and Amy Hempel. Her explorations of sex, sorrow, and wonder are transfixing and brilliant. This is a must-read collection." —Mary Otis, author of Yes, Yes, Cherries

“The stories of The Goodbye Process are startling, haunting, and original. Mary Jones captures the eerie light that transfuses those often-forgotten and overlooked corners of the heart. These stories...


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ISBN 9781958506622
PRICE $17.99 (USD)
PAGES 256

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