This Is the Life by Shearer, Alex
This Is the Life by Shearer, Alex

This Is the Life

American Library Association Notable Book In the spirit of #1 New York Times bestseller The Fault in...
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Author: Alex Shearer
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This Is the Life by Shearer, Alex

This Is the Life

$37.60
This Is the Life by Shearer, Alex

This Is the Life

$37.60
Author: Alex Shearer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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American Library Association Notable Book In the spirit of #1 New York Times bestseller The Fault in Our Stars, a "lovely, touching book" (Alexander McCall Smith) about two estranged brothers who come together when one of them discovers he has a brain tumor and the other emerges as his caretaker.This is the life: Not the one you thought you had yesterday. Or the one that might not be here tomorrow. Just this one. Here and now... This is the story of Louis, who never quite fit in, and of his younger brother, who always tried to tag along. As they got older, they grew apart. And as they got older still, one of them got cancer, and the other became his caretaker. Then they became close again, two brothers on one final journey together, wading through the stuff that's thicker than water. Told in anecdotes as his brother remembers them, we discover who this cranky, cancerous Louis once was. That before his brain surgery he had a mind that was said to be bigger than the rest of the family's put together, and that his heart was--and still is--just as big. That it's hard getting a haircut with a brain tumor, and that it does no good to help your brother memorize a PIN number when he might not be able to remember where the bank is. We learn along with these two brothers how the little stuff is as big as the big stuff, how tragedy and comedy go together, and how necessary it is that they do. Inspired by Shearer's experiences when his own brother was dying and written with a warm touch that is at once tender and achingly funny, This Is the Life is a moving testimony to both the resilience of the human spirit and the importance of the simpler things in life, like not taking a dying man's tea kettle away.

Author: Alex Shearer
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: 02/03/2015
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781476764405


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Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/15/2014
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 35
Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 74
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2014

About the Author
Shearer, Alex: - Alex Shearer has written for television, radio, film, and the stage and is the author of many books for children, including The Speed of the Dark, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He was born in Wick, in the north of Scotland, and now lives in Somerset.
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