Say Her Name (Paperback)

from MelissaMcB

I would have given this a 4.5 if possible. Through his descriptions of his wife Aura and the stories he tells you can feel how much the author loved her. You wish you had known her. His grief is painful to read yet you want to find out more about Aura and their life together.

from bookchickdi

Francisco Goldman fell in love with the much younger Aura, a graduate student from Mexico, studying literature at Columbia University. To his surprise, she agreed to marry him and they lived a very happy life. He recounts their short life together in his fictional memoir Say Her Name. On vacation...

from srkromer

Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman is a haunting tale of love and grief. The way that Goldman tells this autobiographical novel draws the reader into his pain making you feel his grief and guilt towards the death of his wife, Aura. The story takes you through Francisco's life when he is dating Aur...

from flydodofly

This seems to have been a love which was meant to be, and the two of them true and devoted to each other. Accidents happen, tragic accidents happen too, and end something before its time, without the reason, and forever. Francisco Goldman goes through all the details of the time he was able to sp...

from LibraryCin

2.75 stars This is a memoir of the author's relationship with the love of his life, a woman 20+ years younger than he was, and who died only two years after they got married. Her family blamed him for her death. This was supposed to be some amazing love story, but I didn't get the connection betw...