This Book Will Save Your Life
Since her debut in 1989, A. M. Homes has been among the boldest and most original voices of her generation, acclaimed for the psychological accuracy and unnerving emotional intensity of her storytelling. Her ability to explore how extraordinary the ordinary can be is at the heart of her touching...
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Since her debut in 1989, A. M. Homes has been among the boldest and most original voices of her generation, acclaimed for the psychological accuracy and unnerving emotional intensity of her storytelling. Her ability to explore how extraordinary the ordinary can be is at the heart of her touching and funny new novel, her first in six years. This Book Will Save Your Life is a vivid, uplifting, and revealing story about compassion, transformation, and what can happen if you are willing to lose yourself and open up to the world around you.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143038740 (0143038745)
ASIN: B0048BPDYK
Publish date: April 3rd 2007
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 372
Edition language: English
bookshelves: radio-4x, winter-20132014, published-2006, north-americas, california, amusing, flufferoonies, fradio, doo-lally Read from February 07 to 14, 2014 Description: Richard Novak is a modern-day Everyman, a middle-aged divorcé trading stocks out of his home. He has done such a good job g...
I was kind of hoping to read a book that would "change my life". I felt strong hope on this book before I started reading it. But it did not live up to my expectations. Although, in fairness, the story was good. I just couldn't see how the story could change my life.
Absolutely loved it - though I was a bit unsure about the ending. A real delight - and quite inspirational too.
When I read the synopsis again, I cannot help but think that it doesn't do this incredible book justice. I am so glad that this was my last book of 2009 because it was the `grand finale!' The honest manner through which Homes examines mid-life, not only by way of Richard Novak, but also in the other...
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