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Author:
Cantor, Melanie, author.
Title:
Death and other happy endings / Melanie Cantor.
Publisher:
Pamela Dorman Books,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
341 pages ; 22 cm
Subject:
Terminally ill--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Truth--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Summary:
"Jennifer Cole has just been told that she has a terminal blood disorder and has just three months to live--ninety days to say goodbye to friends and family, and to put her affairs in order. Ninety days to come to terms with a diagnosis that is unfair, unexpected, and completely unpronounceable. Focusing on the positives (she won't have to go on in a world without Bowie or Maya Angelou; she won't get Alzheimer's or Parkinson's like her parents, or have teeth that flop out at the mere mention of the word apple), Jennifer realizes she only has one real regret: the relationships she's lost. Rather than running off to complete a frantic bucket list, Jennifer chooses to stay put and write a letter to the three most significant people in her life, to say the things she wished she'd said before but never dared: her overbearing, selfish sister, her jelly-spined, cheating ex-husband, and her charming, unreliable ex-boyfriend--and finally tell them the truth. At first, Jennifer feels cleansed by her catharsis. Liberated, even. Her ex-boyfriend rushes to her side and she even starts to build bridges with her sister Isabelle (that is, once Isabelle's confirmed that Jennifer's condition isn't genetic). But once you start telling the truth, it's hard to stop. And as Jennifer soon discovers, the truth isn't always as straightforward as it seems, and death has a way of surprising you..."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0525562117
9780525562115
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1080553722
LCCN:
2018058602
Locations:
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)
XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)
ZSPC475 -- Stubbs Memorial Library (Holstein)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)
D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
YWPD162 -- Tipton Public Library (Tipton)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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