- Family relationships, Patients, Cancer, Biography
This is the inspiring true story of a son and his mother, who start a "book club" that brings them together as the mother faces an advanced form of pancreatic cancer. The result is a profoundly moving tale of loss that is also a joyful, and often humorous, celebration of life.
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Contemporary, spare, intimate and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Will Schwalbe
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group, Thorndike Press, Knopf Canada
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- Dutch, English
- ISBN
- 9781444818826
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William Schwalbe (born 13 July 1962) is an American editor, journalist, critic, and author.
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