A review by tspangler1970
Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman

4.0

I'd read an excerpt of this in the New Yorker, but my friend Jessamyn handed it to me this summer and told me to read the entire story. It's a memoir of a marriage and of a widower's grief when his young wife is killed in a beach accident. He paints a vivid picture of Aura, their short and happy life together, and of his own deep grief at losing her in such a sudden, violent way. It's raw and devastating and beautifully written.