Bibliograph

The end of your life book club, by Will Schwalbe

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The end of your life book club, by Will Schwalbe

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The end of your life book club

Responsibility statement

by Will Schwalbe

Summary

Recounts how the author and his mother read and discussed books during her chemotherapy treatments, describing how the activity involved a wide range of literary genres, furthered their appreciation for literature, and strengthened their bond

Table Of Contents

Crossing to safety -- Appointment in Samarra -- Seventy verses on emptiness -- Marjorie morningstar -- The hobbit -- Daily strength for daily needs -- The people of the book -- "I am sorrow" -- The uncommon reader -- The lizard cage -- Brat farrar -- Continental drift -- The painted veil -- Murder in the cathedral -- Wherever you go, there you are -- Kokoro -- The price of salt -- The reluctant fundamentalist -- The year of magical thinking -- Olive Kitteridge -- Girls like us -- Suite francaise -- The bite of the mango -- The elegance of the hedgehog -- The girl with the dragon tattoo -- Brooklyn -- My father's tears -- Too much happiness

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