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Mary Jones

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MARY JONES is the author of the National Bestselling short story collection THE GOODBYE PROCESS, which was longlisted for The Story Prize and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, and named a Best Book of 2024 by Library Journal. Her writing has been published widely in such places as Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, Subtropics, Book of the Month’s Volume 0, Alaska Quarterly Review, EPOCH, Epiphany, Santa Monica Review, Brevity and elsewhere. Her work has been cited as notable in The Best American Essays and appeared in The Best Microfiction 2022. Originally from Upstate New York, she lives in Los Angeles.

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Average rating: 3.55 · 1,622 ratings · 301 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Volume 0: Issue One by Abby Geni, Juliet Escoria (Goodreads Author), Jean Kwok (Goodreads Author) 3.28 avg rating — 985 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Goodbye Process 3.95 avg rating — 637 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mary Jones and 1 other person liked Sky's review of The Goodbye Process: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
Jan 30, 2026 03:24PM · see review
Mary Jones and 4 other people liked Neens404's review of The Goodbye Process: "A beautiful but really hard and emotional read. Short stories that feel like a punch to the gut, and sometimes to the face, and a few that might make you laugh. Reading was slow going as I could often only read a few at a time and then needed to sit " Read more of this review »
Jan 30, 2026 03:23PM · see review
Mary Jones and 5 other people liked oh !'s review of The Goodbye Process: "“how sweet and rare to see a person like this. to see a person at all.” not all the stories hit for me, but that’s just how short story collections go, there’s bound to be a few misses. i personally thought the goodbye process was beautiful. it’s hard" Read more of this review »
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Mary Jones and 3 other people liked Michaela's review of The Goodbye Process: ""So much of my life seemed to be looking forward to something that never same, but now, somehow, it all seemed to be behind me." "You settle for so many things. You make so many compromises along the way that you cannot even remember what it was you a" Read more of this review »
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“I could feel the years of my life passing. So much of my life seemed to be looking forward to something that never came, but now, somehow, it all seemed to be behind me.”
― Mary Jones, The Goodbye Process

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“You settle for so many things. You make so many compromises along the way that you cannot even remember what it was you actually wanted. You can almost see the outline of it in the things you have. But only almost. And you think, Okay, well, this is my life. It’s good enough, and I can make the most of it. Until you find out that what you thought was your life was just someone else’s good acting.”
― Mary Jones, The Goodbye Process

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