The deal of a lifetime a novella
It's Christmas Even morning. Years ago a man abandoned his son to pursue professional success; now he wonders if it's too late to forge a relationship with him. One week earlier, in a hospital late at night, the man met a five-year-old girl with cancer. When the man is given the chance to do somethi...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Swedish |
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New York :
Atria Books,
2017.
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| Edition: | First Atria books hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: | It's Christmas Even morning. Years ago a man abandoned his son to pursue professional success; now he wonders if it's too late to forge a relationship with him. One week earlier, in a hospital late at night, the man met a five-year-old girl with cancer. When the man is given the chance to do something selfless that could change the destiny of the little girl in the hospital bed, he needs to find out what his own life has actually been worth in the eyes of his son before he makes the deal of a lifetime. |
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| Item Description: | In English. Translated from the Swedish. Previously published in Swedish as Ditt livs affär. |
| Physical Description: | 65 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781501193491 150119349X |
| Author Notes: | Carl Fredrik Backman is a Swedish columnist who grew up in Helsingborg. He has been writing for Helsingborgs Dagblad and Moore Magazine. He debuted in 2012 with the novel A Man Called Ove. He is also the author of My grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. Both were number one bestsellers in his native Sweden and have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages. His title's, Beartown and Us Against You, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |
