Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: A Novel

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: A Novel

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road A Coming of Age story set during the tumultuous time of Watergate, the Women's Movement, and the end of the Vietnam War 1974. Three friends. A perfect school year. Until one terrible night changes everything. Kevin Donovan and Terry Sadler, AKA Butch and Sundance, are best friends planning their escape from small-town Illinois, until they meet Beverly Kaelin, the girl of their shared dreams. What begins as an unlikely trio becomes something rarer: a perfect balance of friendship and first love. But jealousy and unspoken feelings turn their graduation night into a tragic disaster. Fifty years later, successful novelist Kevin Donovan returns to his hometown to confront the ghosts he's spent a lifetime running from, only to discover that the story he's been telling himself—about love, loyalty, and the night that destroyed everything—may not be the whole truth. An achingly honest portrait of friendship, first love, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a devastating and deeply moving novel about the friendships that shape us, the losses that break us, and the long road to forgiveness. "Poignant, reflective, and beautifully layered, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a powerful coming-of-age novel that weaves first love, fractured friendship, and decades-old regret into a haunting meditation on memory and forgiveness, perfect for readers who savor emotionally rich literary fiction that lingers long after the final page." - NewInBooks