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THE GEOGRAPHY OF SAYING GOODBYE

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On her deathbed, Paul Canton’s mother declares she’s bound for the Alboran Sea. The nurses dismiss it as nonsense, but the next morning she vanishes, along with her son’s credit card. Paul, who finds leaving his comfort zone “more terrifying than the Third Battle of Nanking,” sets off across continents in a quixotic pursuit, desperate for one last chance to say goodbye. Only, the farther he travels, the less he understands the woman who raised him, and the more he realizes how little he’s actually lived.

Wry and tender in equal measure, THE GEOGRAPHY OF SAYING GOODBYE blends humor with lyrical observation in a story about family and mortality, yes, but also about learning how to live. 

On her deathbed, Paul Canton’s mother declares she’s bound for the Alboran Sea. The nurses dismiss it as nonsense, but the next morning she vanishes, along with her son’s credit card. Paul, who finds leaving his comfort zone “more terrifying than the Third Battle of Nanking,” sets off across continents in a quixotic pursuit, desperate for one last chance to say goodbye. Only, the farther he travels, the less he understands the woman who raised him, and the more he realizes how little he’s actually lived.

Wry and tender in equal measure, THE GEOGRAPHY OF SAYING GOODBYE blends humor with lyrical observation in a story about family and mortality, yes, but also about learning how to live. 

Praise for THE GEOGRAPHY OF SAYING GOODBYE

“Beautifully written, with gems of insight on every page, The Geography of Saying Goodbye has worlds to say about children and parents, freedom and constraint—urgent yet quietly comic, just this side of absurd.”

—Kevin Brockmeier, author of The Ghost Variations

“The Geography of Saying Goodbye is a funny and devastating novel about the impossible math of losing a parent. Houser has a rare gift for finding the absurd at life’s exact center.”

—Peter Mountford, author of A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism and The Dismal Science

 

About TREVOR J. HOUSER

Trevor J. Houser is the author of Pacific (2021) and The Prumont Method (2023). A finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize, he lives in Seattle with his wife and two children, where he works in advertising. The Geography of Saying Goodbye is his third novel.

 

  • Genre: Fiction

    ISBN: 978-1-969421-05-1

    Publication: DECEMBER 15, 2026