| Authors: |
Schwalbe, Will.
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| Material type: |
Biography |
| Subject: |
Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships -- United States.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. |
| Description: |
viii, 336 p. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780307594037 0307594033 |
| Contents: |
Crossing to safety -- Appointment in Samarra -- Seventy verses on emptiness -- Marjorie morningstar -- The hobbit -- Daily strength for daily needs -- The people of the book -- I am sorrow -- The uncommon reader -- The lizard cage -- Brat Farrar -- Continental drift -- The painted veil -- Murder in the cathedral -- Wherever you go, there you are -- Kokoro -- The price of salt -- The reluctant fundamentalist -- The year of magical thinking -- Olive Kitteridge -- Girls like us -- Suite francaise -- The bite of the mango -- The elegance of the hedgehog -- The girl with the dragon tattoo -- Brooklyn -- My father's tears -- Too much happiness. |
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| Rating: |
5 out of 5: They loved it |
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| Summary: |
The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close. |