Summary
"When Tom's heavily pregnant girlfriend Karin is rushed to the hospital, doctors are able to save the baby. But they are helpless to save Karin from what turns out to be acute leukemia. And in a cruel, fleeting moment Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In Every Moment We Are Alive is the... Full description
Summary: |
"When Tom's heavily pregnant girlfriend Karin is rushed to the hospital, doctors are able to save the baby. But they are helpless to save Karin from what turns out to be acute leukemia. And in a cruel, fleeting moment Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In Every Moment We Are Alive is the story of the year that changes everything, as Tom must reconcile the fury and pain of loss with the overwhelming responsibility of raising his daughter, Livia, alone. By turns tragic and redemptive, meditative and breathless, achingly poignant and darkly funny, this autobiographical novel has been described as 'hypnotic', 'impossible to resist' and 'one of the most powerful books about grief ever written'."--Publisher's description. |
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Item Description: |
"First published in Sweden in 2015 by Natur & Kultur. First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Sceptre"--Title page verso. |
Physical Description: |
232 pages ; 24 cm |
ISBN: |
9781612197111 1612197116 |
Author Notes: |
Translator Henning Koch translates from the Swedish. His most recent book is the bestselling A Man Called Ove . |