The end of your life book club
by Will Schwalbe
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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.
Will Schwalbe shares his experiences with his mother, Mary Anne, when they formed a bond through reading and discussing the books they read during the two years she was being treated for terminal cancer. The plot contains war-related violence.
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Family relationships, Patients, Cancer, Biography, Neoplasms, Famille, Livres et lectures, Livres et lecture, Éducateurs, Biographies, Cancéreux, Family, NEW LIST 20121031, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2012-10-21, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Family Relations, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2013-07-28, Pancreas, cancer, Mothers and sons, Cancer, patients, family relationships, Book clubs (discussion groups), Cancer, patients, biography, Educators, united statesPeople
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The end of your life book club
2013, Vintage Books, a Division of Random House, Inc.
in English
- First Vintage Books edition.
0307739783 9780307739780
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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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