A review by kittykornerlibrarian
Goodbye Without Leaving by Laurie Colwin

4.0

I really enjoy Laurie Colwin's writing; and was not disappointed here. Geraldine, the main character, is someone who is always questioning what she is doing and what she has done; she is always trying to examine her own life from the outside. I could really relate to this, and it made for a thoughtful narrative, told by Geraldine herself. Finding little aim and ambition in her life as a graduate student, Geraldine goes on tour as the only white backup singer for a couple of black rock'n'roll vocalists. She has mixed feelings about this part of her life, which spill over into her later employment as a music researcher in Harlem, her marriage, and motherhood. There are plenty of questions, and not many answers, in this book. And that's why it's so good.