“Houser’s prose is intensely metaphorical, reflective, and marked by a sharp, tragi-comic wit…mapping the physical distance from California suburbs to the rugged coasts of Spain and Morocco against the internal landscape of grief.”
—Publisher’s Weekly
“The zany nature of the plot, combined with the narrator’s weighty philosophical musings, makes for a read that at times is reminiscent of the work of Kurt Vonnegut.”
—Kirkus
“Beautifully written, with gems of insight on every page, The Geography of Saying Goodbye has worlds to say about children and parents—ungentle 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 grief’s exact center.”
—Peter Mountford, author of Detonator
“A high-wire act of a novel, as wacky as it is tender and grave.”
—Paul Lisicky, author of Song So Wild and Blue
