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Bye-Bye
She is having three affairs at with an S&M pornographer, a beautiful woman found through a personal ad, and a randy heterosexual bartender. Two of her lovers don't know her real name...and that's exactly how she wants it. To escape her past, and perhaps find herself, this smart, troubled, and hilariously cynical young New Yorker is fabricating another identity. As Rose Anne Waldin, or Rosie, she doesn't have a mother who still haunts her, nor an ex-husband who kicked her out after her numerous infidelities. But she does have a new apartment, dyed hair, different clothes -- and an obsession with murder. It is Rosie's intention to break society's taboos, test its limits, push the envelope...and get away with a shocking, perhaps violent, act.
With an intoxicating velocity, Bye-Bye pulls us into the netherworld of the New York performance art scene, the steamy arena of sexual pick-ups and put-ons, and the back alleys of a broken heart. Award-winning first novelist and poet Jane Ransom has created a daring black comedy, a psychological thriller edged with an utterly original class of conundrum. Fearless, erotically charged, and ultimately affirming about the catharsis of fantasy, creativity, and desire, Bye-Bye is a fast, literary, brave new read.
With an intoxicating velocity, Bye-Bye pulls us into the netherworld of the New York performance art scene, the steamy arena of sexual pick-ups and put-ons, and the back alleys of a broken heart. Award-winning first novelist and poet Jane Ransom has created a daring black comedy, a psychological thriller edged with an utterly original class of conundrum. Fearless, erotically charged, and ultimately affirming about the catharsis of fantasy, creativity, and desire, Bye-Bye is a fast, literary, brave new read.
208 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1997
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October 6, 2025
3.5, rounded up to 4
October 17, 2008
this book is definitely not for everyone...but I appreciated the somewhat edgy blatancy of it all.
Some favorite quotes from the book:
"Why do you insist we confront hate but see love only as a last resort?"
"You're not a bad writer. Too obsessive, naturally, but not bad, for a girl..."
"Yeah, well, up yours. Nothing personal, but you strike me as psychotic."
"But the truth is, bruises don't bother me. They are social butterflies, making colorful appearances, without depth. They don't hurt."
Some favorite quotes from the book:
"Why do you insist we confront hate but see love only as a last resort?"
"You're not a bad writer. Too obsessive, naturally, but not bad, for a girl..."
"Yeah, well, up yours. Nothing personal, but you strike me as psychotic."
"But the truth is, bruises don't bother me. They are social butterflies, making colorful appearances, without depth. They don't hurt."
October 26, 2008
Entertaining and insightful. Jane Ransom is a very talented writer.
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