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The summer after Abby's first season of college or university, eight months after doctors find a malignant tumor in her mother's brain, she and her parents vacation to northern New Hampshire. The getaway is her father's idea: five times at a historical holiday resort, where long naps are prompted, cocktails are served on a broad veranda in the afternoons, and men are expected to wear jackets after six. A small procession of friends and former neighbors will come to go to Helen, and, although it will go unspoken, to possibly say goodbye. Abby's parents aren't people they'd been when she still left for school: Disease has flipped her playful, warm mother Helen into a disabled person and her father Elliott into a steward. Elliott is the only one in the family who is aware of that Helen's tumor is inoperable - and during the period of the week it is his job to impart this information. As the week progresses, Helen's friends package with her health issues in diverse, sometimes astonishing ways, and Abby is absolve to increase up or fall apart as she considers fit. She spends the times in New Hampshire endeavoring to forget her mother, aided by the fresh, untroubled employees of the hotel, and the week becomes an awakening for her in lots of ways. Alternating between the perspectives of Elliott, Helen, and Abby, Hello Farewell is a luminous and romantic portrayal of a family group dealing with turmoil and acceptance.
