- Future life, Fiction, Suicidal behavior, Mothers and sons, fiction
In an inspirational debut novel by the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Charles "Chick" Benetto, grieving over the death of his mother, uses alcohol as a crutch to deal with his loneliness, isolation, and depression and the disintegration of his life, until an encounter with his mother's ghost brings him new awareness and leads him to attempt to put his life back together.
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Earnest, grave, spare and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Mitch Albom
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 214
- Publisher
- Da kuai wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si, Hachette Books, Altin Kitaplar
- Editions
- 33
- Language
- French, Dutch, per, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781401303631
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Mitchell David "Mitch" Albom is an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster, and musician. His books have sold over 35 million copies worldwide.
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