Book DetailsCountry: USA
Language: English
Genre: Modern Fiction
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 1990
Fictional Artist: Vernon and Ruby Shakely and the Shakettes
Genre: Soul
Country: USA
Real World Analogue: Ike and Tina Turner
Jacket Blurb:
An insightful domestic comedy, at once hilarious and extremely moving, Goodbye Without Leaving is the story of a woman's attempt to remain true to herself in a world of diminishing returns. 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 years she spends as a Shakette are a mixed blessing, however, for while they provide her with purpose and excitement, she ultimately submits to a conventional life of marriage, children, and bittersweet memories of what comes to seem a glorious past. With her usual dry wit and candor, Laurie Colwin follows Geraldine as she tries to reconcile her past with her future, to be an adult and still boogie in her soul.
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