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Author Schwalbe, Will.

Title The end of your life book club / Will Schwalbe.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Location Call No. Status
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  362.196994 SCH    AVAILABLE
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Description 329 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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 -- Frat 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.
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.
Subject Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.
Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships.
ISBN 9780307594037
0307594033
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August 14 2013
SRP 2013 REVIEW: I really enjoyed this book. It gave me a bunch of ideas for other books I would like to read, and while doing that, it was a beautiful story about a son and his love for his dying mother.
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