Say Her Name - Francisco Goldman


Say Her Name: A Novel

Synopsis: Say Her Name - Francisco Goldman - April 2011

In the summer of 2007, writer Francisco Goldman’s young wife Aura Estrada died after a body surfing accident on a beach in Mexico. Blamed by her family for her death and blaming himself, Goldman wanted to die too. But instead, he began to write. SAY HER NAME (Grove Press; $24, cloth; ISBN: 978-0-8021-1981-0; April 2011) is an extraordinary and deeply personal work that weighs the unexpected gift of love against the blinding grief of loss.

Aura and Frank were just one month shy of celebrating their second wedding anniversary when a rogue wave descended on their “safe” beach in Mexico and killed Aura. Rudderless and half-mad with grief, Frank collects everything he can about his wife, hungry to keep her alive with every memory. From her childhood and university days in Mexico City with her fiercely protective mother to her studies at Columbia University and their newlywed years in New York City and abroad—Goldman seeks Aura’s presence and grieves her loss. The result is a literary testament to an unforgettable woman, and a living portrait of a love as joyous and playful as it is deep and profound.
SAY HER NAME might be called—if pushed to define—a memoir novel. As Francisco explains “I’ve surrounded Aura and myself with a fictionalized family and friends for numerous reasons, including the duty to protect, to keep secrets, including our own secrets, while providing the space to write a true account of our lives – Aura’s and my own, with and without her.”
SAY HER NAME is a mesmerizing read—a love story, a study of mourning, a bold inquiry into destiny and accountability, and a tribute to Aura—who she was, and who she would have been. I hope you will share this original and powerful book with your audience

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