The End of Your Life Book Club

威尔•施瓦尔贝世界知名出版公司Hyperion Books的高级副总裁和总编辑，也曾是《纽约时报》资深记者，出版过《长尾理论》、《你在天堂遇见的五个人》等知名作品。在事业达到高峰而疲惫不堪时，却得知母亲癌症晚期。陪伴母亲最后的时光中，通过和母亲阅读相同的书，彼此分享各自对人生的态度和观点，他辞职创办了自己喜欢的烹饪网站。

出版者:Two Roads

作者:Will Schwalbe

页数:352

出版时间:2012-10-11

价格:GBP 13.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781444706376

图书标签:英文原版面对死亡阅读外国文学WillSchwalbe家庭小说生活

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 interact with the world around us. A profoundly moving memoir of caregiving, mourning, and love—The End of Your Life Book Club is also about the joy of reading, and the ways that joy is multiplied when we share it with others.

读后感

我曾目睹一些亲人的离去。 在许多年前的一个夏天里，姑姑去世了。我那时候还是光着脚板满山野跑的孩子。 当父亲在姑姑家院子里的石阶上哭得泣不成声的时候。我放弃了跟一边小伙伴的玩耍。是的，那个平日里无比倔强和威严的父亲竟然哭得连鼻涕都来不及擦去。 后来我跟随送葬的...  

最近在读《生命最后的读书会》这本书，讲的是这样一个故事：母亲诊断出胰腺癌晚期后，儿子威尔一直不知道该如何面对这件事并自然地跟母亲沟通。从偶然的一天开始，他们一起阅读一本本同样的书，为了在母亲之后的化疗中两人可以一起探讨。两个人的读书会就这么开始了。他们在共...  

最近在读《生命最后的读书会》这本书，讲的是这样一个故事：母亲诊断出胰腺癌晚期后，儿子威尔一直不知道该如何面对这件事并自然地跟母亲沟通。从偶然的一天开始，他们一起阅读一本本同样的书，为了在母亲之后的化疗中两人可以一起探讨。两个人的读书会就这么开始了。他们在共...  

用户评价

把英文版的也读完了

never imagined it was sort of a biography.

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I want to have a relationship with my son like the one the author has with his mother.

never imagined it was sort of a biography.