The story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close.
Record details
ISBN:9780307739780
Physical Description:volumes (viii, 336 pages ; 21 cm) ; in zippered canvas bag (43 x 56 cm) + 1 Discussion questions laminated sheet print
Edition:First Vintage Books edition.
Publisher:New York :Vintage Books, a Division of Random House, Inc.,2013.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
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 -- Frat 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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