The Household Guide to Dying
Now that popular household advice columnist Delia Bennet is dying from cancer, she's compiled the ultimate to-do list: plan her daughter's future wedding, fill the freezer with her family's favorite meals- perhaps even do some matchmaking for her husband.But just as Delia comes to terms with the...
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Now that popular household advice columnist Delia Bennet is dying from cancer, she's compiled the ultimate to-do list: plan her daughter's future wedding, fill the freezer with her family's favorite meals- perhaps even do some matchmaking for her husband.But just as Delia comes to terms with the impossibility of ever tying every loose thread together in her too-short time, an unexpected visitor helps her believe in her life's worth in a way no list ever could...
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780399155598 (0399155597)
Publish date: April 2nd 2009
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
What's an advice columnist to do when she discovers she is dying? Write a book providing advice about dying, of course.And that's what Delia does, in this little novel that's a poignant mix of clever columns and stories from Delia's difficult past along with stories about her life as a dying woman.