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The Last Goodbye: A Novel Kindle Edition

by Fiona Lucas (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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An unforgettable story about learning to love again and living life to its fullest, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Josie Silver.

"A poignant and uplifting read about loss, love and learning to put yourself back together again after facing the unimaginable." —Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year

Lost love. A second chance. A hidden secret.

Spencer was the love of Anna’s life: her husband, her best friend, her rock. She thought their love would last forever.

But three years ago, Spencer was tragically killed in an accident and Anna’s world was shattered. How can she ever move on, when she’s lost her soulmate?

On New Year’s Eve Anna calls Spencer’s phone number, just to hear his old voicemail greeting. But to her shock, someone answers…

Brody has inherited Spencer’s old number and is the first person who truly understands what Anna’s going through. As her and Brody’s phone calls become lengthier and more frequent, they begin opening up to each other—and slowly rediscover how to smile, how to laugh, even how to hope.

But Brody hasn’t been entirely honest with Anna. Will his secret threaten everything, just as it seems she might find the courage to love again?

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“Full of relatable characters and beautiful language, The Last Goodbye is a moving portrayal of the imperceptible twists of fate that are always conspiring to lead us on our way. Fiona Lucas writes about love, loss, forgiveness and finding the next chapter with warmth, humor and deep tenderness. This is the ultimate feel-good read for right now!” — Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of Under the Southern Sky

"A poignant and uplifting read about loss, love and learning to put yourself back together again after facing the unimaginable." — Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year

"This brilliant and gorgeous book tackles the big, unwieldy parts of being human—love, loss, grief, and the unexpected healing power of connection. I was totally absorbed."  — Colleen Oakley, USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island

"A poignant but hopeful journey through grief and the struggle to let go of those we have loved and lost." 
 — Sunday Post (UK)

About the Author

Fiona Lucas is an award-winning author of contemporary women’s fiction. She has written heart-warming love stories and feel-good women’s fiction as Fiona Harper for more than a decade. Fiona lives in London with her husband and two daughters.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08HM2246G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks (June 8, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 8, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Fiona Lucas is an award-winning author of contemporary women’s fiction. The Last Goodbye is her first novel written under this name, but she’s been writing heartwarming love stories and feel-good women’s fiction as Fiona Harper for more than a decade.

During her career, she’s won numerous awards, including a Romantic Novel Award in 2018, and chalked up a no.1 Kindle bestseller. She loves hearing from readers so if you'd like to get in touch you can find her on her website (www.fiona-lucas.com) and on social media: TikTok and Instagram @fionalucasauthor and Twitter @fionalucasbooks

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The Last Goodbye is a beautiful story of two people, grieving and learning to overcome fear. Anna and Brody have experienced the worst form of loss, one where it is a struggle to leave your bed to live another day without them.Anna has been calling her husband's phone just to hear his voice when all of the sudden someone answers. Not only answers but listens as she unravels the two years, nine months and eight days of loss. Has it truly been that long since Spencer died? As it still feels like yesterday to her.A poignant tale of friendship unfolds over the next year, full of emotion and a mutual understanding what it means to grieve. But what is Brody masking about his life to fully let Anna is his life and agree to meet her in-person?This book is about love, loss and forgiveness to open your heart again. This book touched everyone of my emotions and the concept is brilliant. My only wish was that we had more of Anna and Brody's hello!Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow Books/Avon Romance Books for a complimentary copy for an honest review.
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cmm2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Hope after grief
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2021
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I don't remember where I saw this book but I'm so happy I picked it up. For the most part I stick to romance, and this one definitely women's fiction.

There's a lot of grief covered in this book, so make sure you have your tissues handy. There are also some secrets that will give you a little mystery to try and figure out. the great part of this book is the hope, the hope after the soul crushing grief of losing someone you love, and hopefully finding love again.

TW: death of a spouse; grief.
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sharon f. leff
4.0 out of 5 stars long, long last good-bye
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2022
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Long, long sigh following a drawn out air of characters, each grieving and coping with pain and loss in extremes. At some point just as friends and family observe and experience secondhand extended grief, they grapple with how best to help. To interfere or not to interfere? To just watch, wait, and listen or do something, anything. At a given point those who grieve often stumble upon similar souls. Alas it is a satisfying ending when those who grieve and wallow in despair connect with others, trust others, need others, and each out to others knowing help is sometimes needed and provided best by those who require it equally.
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Wendy
5.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreaking...
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2021
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But so good! I loved this book. The story is wonderful. There were heartbreaking moments and happy moments. I need more books like this!
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Kimberley
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful story
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022
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Absolutely loved this beautiful, well written story. I laughed and cried.
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Luanne Ollivier
4.0 out of 5 stars Grief, loss and moving on
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2021
3.5 The Last Goodbye is Fiona Lucas's newest novel. She pens "heart-warming love stories and feel-good women’s fiction" and this latest is both.

Anna's husband Spencer died three years ago. She is still struggling with the loss and can't seem to move on with her life. On a lonely New Year's Eve, she calls his cellphone number to hear his voice again on the message. But this time, it's not Spencer's voice she hears - it's someone else named Brody, who has been assigned the number. And he's very much alive.

I thought this was such a great premise - hearing a loved one's voice one more time is something everyone can relate to I think. There are lots of ways this plot could progress...

I liked Anna as a lead character. She's kind, thoughtful and is self aware. Brody is a wounded soul as well, keeping himself to himself. But he's happy to talk to Anna. And talk they do - their conversations become more and more personal, despite never having met. It's is Anna's situation that takes the lead - it's quite awhile before we're privy to the reasons as to why Brody has isolated himself from family and friends. There are a number of strong supporting character as well. Anna's best friend Gabi is quite outspoken and a little loud and pushy, but she does care for Anna. Anna's mother in law Gayle's behavior borders on cruelty. But then again, everyone grieves differently. And that's what Lucas writes - how grief is handled from different viewpoints. And of course the question - can you ever love again after such a loss?

There's a lot of two steps forward, one step back as Anna begins to make progress. The friendship with Brody is a large part of her progress. Can it ever be more? I'm not telling!

I chose to listen to The Last Goodbye. The reader was Antonia Beamish. She had a lovely tone to her voice, very pleasant to listen to. She speaks clearly and is easy to understand. She has lots of movement in her voice, capturing the emotions of the character and the action of the book. She does provide different voices for the characters, including the male players. But...sorry, yes I have a but. I could not stand the voice for Gabi - it just grated on me. It is mentioned that she is Brazilian and Beamish has provided a unique voice for her. But for me, she was too loud, I couldn't stand her dropped letters on every word that ended with ing and shortened, staccato words or on the flipside - long drawn out single words. She just didn't ring true with me. So, I ended up fast forwarding through her appearances. Other than that, a good performance.

The Last Goodbye was a thoughtful, slow burning exploration of grief and loss and the search for self - and love.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but slow
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2022
This book wasn't bad, but it was pretty slow. It was written in third person, which for me I'm not a big fan of because it takes me away from the characters. It's harder for me to understand and sympathize with what they're going through. Overall, the story is about healing and the two MCs in the end were able to over come what was holding them back. I didnt really see the female main character have that ah ha moment when she realized it's ok for her to love again. I'm sure it was there, but for me it just seemed like she went from one moment saying she will never love anyone else to the next and admitting her feelings for Brody. It just seemed a bit forced to me after reading so much of the story and then it just ends like that pretty instantly. Overall though, I dont regret reading it, I just probably wont be reading it again.
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Suzannah Little
5.0 out of 5 stars Have your tissues handy...
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
This is a beautiful story about loss and love, pain and forgiveness, fear and courage. The book will make you both think and feel right up to the end.
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Lillian168
5.0 out of 5 stars In Love With Love
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2022
Once, when I was quite young, one of my older sisters offered me a book I really wanted to read. In return I had to give her one of my books.

My book contained The Rimes of the Ancient Mariner and Annabelle Lee. It just about broke my heart to part with the book. I didn’t want to let it go. But in return I got an anthology of love stories.

I remember the first time I read the short story, “The Love Letters to a Clodhopper.” And though too many years have diminished the memory, there was an evocative feeling from reading the story, which the years could not take from me.

I can’t begin to explain how much Fiona Lucas’ book, The Last Goodbye, remained me of that story.

There are perfectly eloquent words I want to utter and shape into sentences which could convey the spectrum of emotions I experienced reading this book. The words are there, I know they are and then they elude me. So, I’ll leave you with this, Fiona created two people and provided each point of view. First we meet Anna, still wrapped in her grief and slowly moving forward. And then there is Brody. Fiona’s gift to the readers is his point of view. She could just as easily have made him the mysterious voice at the other end of the line, but no, she fleshed him out.

Fiona uses words to weave a bond between these two characters and the elusive feeling of love letters to a Clodhopper becomes almost tangible.

Of course Anna and Brody were meant to love each other, because as Fiona’s words created their tapestry, I fell in love with love all over again.
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Ashish sood
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book
Reviewed in India on January 20, 2024
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One of the best books I have ever read in my life...
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California Quinn
5.0 out of 5 stars Devastatingly beautiful book about grief and redemption!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2021
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Fiona Lucas (aka Fiona Harper) has always been a brilliant writer, but she goes up a notch with this gut-wrenching tale of loss and redemption as she follows our heroine Anna on an emotional, deeply moving and eventually uplifting journey from the depths of grief. When we first meet Anna it's two years after the sudden death of her beloved husband Spencer in an accident and she's still unable to 'move on', in fact she's hiding under a duvet to avoid answering the door to her best friend Gabi who is just one of many people who can't understand why Anna is still stuck down the bottom of the pit of her grief. But it doesn't take long for us to understand. Because we feel with Anna the despair she feels, but also the fog in which she exists. In a weird way the only person she can really connect with is her supremely passive aggressive mother-in-law Gayle - Spencer's mum - who is struggling too, and taking it out on Anna... Then after one particularly awful New Year's Eve, Anna does something she's promised herself she won't do again, she rings Spencer's mobile phone number just to hear his voice mail, and to 'speak' into the void he has left behind... But this time, someone answers!! That someone turns out to be reclusive artist Brody, who, we soon discover has acquired Spencer's old phone number, and is himself stuck in a pit of grief from which he cannot emerge... What happens next is a journey for them both, sometimes mundane, sometimes cataclysmic as they edge each other towards a better place and discover so much about themselves and their loss along the way. I adored this book, I stayed up late one night to finish it, because I HAD TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!! It is of course beautifully written - because that's Fiona's MO - but beneath that beautiful prose is an exceptionally well observed and at times devastating tale of deep emotional truth. All in all this book is a stunner. BTW: everyone should have a best friend like Gabi... And am I the only one who wanted to punch Gayle??
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5.0 out of 5 stars I almost forgot I used to believe in love
Reviewed in Germany on February 27, 2021
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This book was equally heart-warming as it was heart wrenching. I loved Anna and Gabi and Brody and Gayle (she was so wonderful written) Thank you for this story.
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Shelley
4.0 out of 5 stars A poignant story of loss, grief, and moving on.
Reviewed in Canada on August 20, 2021
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The Last Goodbye is a poignant story of loss, grief, and moving on. The author has created an authentic, heartfelt portrayal of the grief experienced after the loss of a loved one. There really wasn’t one moment where it felt overdone. It was honest and heartbreaking and hopeful.

Spencer was Anna’s soulmate, the man that she wanted to start a family with, build a life with, but three years ago a tragic accident had stolen that life from them. Naturally, Anna struggled to move on. She knew in her heart that Spencer would want her to be happy and not spend her life wallowing, however, knowing it and actually doing it are very different.

After getting talked into attending a New Year’s Eve party, Anna left feeling guilty, lonely, and unready to get herself back out there in the social scene. Feeling bereft, Anna just wanted to hear Spencer’s voice again. When she called his cell phone, anticipating hearing his voice mail, she was shocked and unnerved to hear another man’s voice answer her call.

Anna was curious about the man on the other end of the line, though, and she ended up calling him again and again. Brody was a patient man, a good listener, and a man who was also hurting. He seemed to understand Anna’s grief and let her talk to him about how she was feeling and what she was going through. Even though Anna had a good support system with her best friend and her parents, sometimes it’s easier to talk to a stranger than it is to unload on the people that are closest to you.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the strained relationship between Anna and her mother-in-law. While Anna was invited to weekend luncheons with the rest of Spencer’s family, a get-together to reminisce about Spencer, his mother’s treatment of her was like feeling a knife to the stomach. A mother is never supposed to outlive a child, and I could feel her pain through the pages. She missed her son with all of her heart, and I felt for her, but her treatment of his widow was deplorable.

Anna and Brody developed a friendship, a reliance on one another. They looked forward to their phone calls. Their conversations provided compassion, understanding, and nonjudgmental dialogue. While Anna spoke freely about her situation, Brody wasn’t as forthcoming, carrying his own secrets.

I enjoyed the conversations that transpired between Anna and Brody. The development of their relationship was a much-needed salve for both of them. I wanted them to find peace in their lives, to let go of the pain that they each harbored, and to find solace in each other. Of course, I was waiting on pins and needles for the time when they would let down their guards and actually meet face-to-face, but I'm all about the anticipation.

The Last Goodbye was a compelling reading experience. Lucas handled the subject matter well, with all of the grace that it deserved.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love, Loss & Learning to Live Again
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2022
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After nearly 3 years, Anna is still struggling to come to terms with the loss of her husband, Spencer. Gripped by loneliness and desire to connect with him, she calls his old mobile phone number, however, instead of his answer-phone message somebody answers her.
This story is about loss, grief and trying to learn to live again.

This story gripped me from the start and I couldn't put it down, so much so I read it in 2 days.
I really connected with both the main characters and I feel both of their stories were handled with sensitivity.
For the most part, I don't feel the book is a romance, apart from near the end. That suited me fine but I could see that if some picked it up as a romance it might not fit their tastes.
I felt the story and the characters were very well developed and demonstrated the many different facets of grief.
I enjoyed the ending, but I could understand how some might feel it is too open-ended and be frustrated that this is when the two main characters finally meet.
Personally, I liked that we were left to imagine how the relationship might have developed and that the focus of the story very much stayed on moving on with grief.
I'd like to emphasise this story is never about leaving grief behind but on learning to live again with it, which I found more believable and understanding of the topic.

I loved this book - it made me cry, it made me smile, it definitely hit me right in the feels.
I would highly recommend this book to others but not to those who are purely wanting a romance novel.
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