Say Her Name
FRANCISCO GOLDMAN
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Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman
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50 reviews (2011) (p)
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2011: Fiction
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2011
ALA Notable Books - Fiction
Barnes & Noble Best Books of 2011: Adult Fiction (25)
#25
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Book Description |
In 2005, celebrated novelist Francisco Goldman married a beautiful young writer named Aura Estrada in a romantic Mexican hacienda. The month before their second anniversary, during a long-awaited holiday, Aura broke her neck while body surfing. Francisco, blamed for Aura’s death by her family and blaming himself, wanted to die, too. Instead, he wrote Say Her Name, a novel chronicling his great love and unspeakable loss, tracking the stages of grief when pure love gives way to bottomless pain.
Suddenly a widower, Goldman collects everything he can about his wife, hungry to keep Aura alive with every memory. From her childhood and university days in Mexico City with her fiercely devoted mother to her studies at Columbia University, through their newlywed years in New York City and travels to Mexico and Europeand always through the prism of her gifted writingsGoldman seeks her essence and grieves her loss. Humor leavens the pain as he lives through the madness of grief and creates a living portrait of a love as joyous as it is deep and profound.
Say Her Name is a love story, a bold inquiry into destiny and accountability, and a tribute to Aura, who she was and who she would've been. |
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Francisco Goldman Award Stats |
Major Prize* Nominations |
4 |
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Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* |
4 |
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Pulitzer Prize Wins |
0 |
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Pulitzer Prize Nominations |
1 |
Monkey Boy · |
National Book Critics Circle Award Wins |
0 |
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National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations |
0 |
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National Book Award Wins |
0 |
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National Book Award Nominations |
0 |
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Man Booker Prize Wins |
0 |
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Man Booker Prize Nominations |
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PEN/Faulkner Award Wins |
0 |
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PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations |
2 |
The Long Night of the White Chickens · The Ordinary Seaman · |
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*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award
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