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Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Say Her Name about?
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."Moving and tragic... gorgeous, heartbreaking." - Kirkus ReviewsSuddenly 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 Europe - and always through the prism of her gifted writings - Francisco Goldmann seeks her essence and grieves her loss. "This is a beautiful love story, and an extraordinary story of loss. Say Her Name has a forensic honesty, a way of treating each detail, each moment, each emotion, with detailed and exact care. It also
Who reads Say Her Name?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Francisco Goldman
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books Ltd;Grove Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802195678
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (81 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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