The official website for Will Schwalbe, author of Books For Living, The End of Your Life Book Club, and Send. From Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club. A celebration of reading and an exploration of the way that specific books can help guide us through our daily lives. During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent many hours sitting in waiting rooms together. To pass the time, they would talk about the books they were reading. Once, by chance, they read the same book at the same time—and an informal book club of two was born. Through their wide-ranging reading, Will and Mary Anne—and we, their fellow readers—are . Though I purchased Will Schwalbe’s “The End of Your Life Book Club” not too long after it was published, I began to read it shortly after my own mother had passed away. My decision to read the book was based on my own relationship with my mother. We both shared a love of bltadwin.ru by: 3.
The End of Your Life Book Club. by Will Schwalbe. Knopf. Hardcover, , pp. October About: Howard G. Williams. Howard G. Williams is a coordinator of The Pat Parker/Vito Russo Library Book Group and the chairperson of the long-running Second Tuesday Lecture Series, both at The LGBT Center in New York City. The End of Your Life Book Club. by. Will Schwalbe (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 55, ratings · 7, reviews. The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close. Mary Anne Schwalbe is waiting for her chemotherapy treatments when Will casually asks. "The End of Your Life Book Club" too often reads like "Will's Mary Anne Schwalbe Book." Conversely, the best parts of Schwalbe's memoir are those that it would not have pleased his.
During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent many hours sitting in waiting rooms together. To pass the time, they would talk about the books they were reading. Once, by chance, they read the same book at the same time—and an informal book club of two was born. Through their wide-ranging reading, Will and Mary Anne—and we, their fellow readers—are reminded how books can be comforting, astonishing, and illuminating, changing the way that we feel about and. The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe, Knopf Doubleday pp. ISBN Summary “What are you reading?” That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The End of Your Life Book Club - You'll Love It!! Will Schwalbe has done a remarkable job with this novel, touching on the real feelings and issues surrounding the process of a close family member dying. They way in which this mother and son chose to deal with the heartbreak was truly amazing and Read More.
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