Four women take fate into their own hands in this big-hearted story of friendship resilience
and revenge on monstrous men from the award-winning author of Half-Blown Rose. Taking
inspiration from the infamous empowering song Goodbye Earl follows four best friends through
two unforgettable summers fifteen years apart. In 2004 Rosemarie Ada Caroline and Kasey
are in their final days of high school and on the precipice of all the things teenagers look
forward to when anything in life seems possible . . . from falling in love to finding their
dream jobs to becoming who they were meant to be. In 2019 Kasey has returned to her small
Southern hometown of Goldie for the first time since high school—and she still hasn’t told even
her closest friends the truth of what really happened that summer after graduation or what
made her leave so abruptly without looking back. Now reunited with her friends in Goldie for a
wedding she’s determined to focus on the simple joy of being together again. But when she
notices troubling signs that one of them might be in danger she is catapulted back to that
fateful summer. This time Kasey refuses to let the worst moments of her past define her this
time she knows how to protect those she loves at all costs. Uplifting sharp-edged and
unapologetic Goodbye Earl is a funeral for all the Earls” out there—the abusive men who think
they can get away with anything but are wrong—and a celebration of enduring sisterhood.
Includes a Reading Group Guide.
