Review: You won't want to say 'goodbye'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
Lily Malone has done it again--made me laugh and cry and be sad to finish another of her stories."The Goodbye Ride" is set over Queen's Birthday weekend (mid-June) in South Australia's wine region so, of course, wine features. In fact, Liv is starting out in her own wine/vine related business. She has scraped and saved the purchase price for her beloved dead brother's Ducati so she and his partner can take a farewell ride. Onto the scene comes Owen who is cashed up and outbids Liv.I love how Lily Malone weaves her characters' lives together in such a natural way. Each of them has to face up to different types of losses; the sympatico between them helps both to learn more about themselves as well as each other and to move on. The wine region also takes a star turn in this delightful novella. You'll want to throw a leg over the nearest motorbike and tour South Australia's wine valleys after reading Liv and Owen's story.