The Household Guide to Dying: A Novel About Life
Debra Adelaide
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Now that popular household advice columnist Delia Bennet is dying from cancer, she's compiled the ultimate to-do list: plan her daughter's future wedding, fill the freezer with her family's favorite meals- perhaps even do some matchmaking for her husband. But just as Delia comes to terms with the impossibility of ever tying every loose thread together in her too-short time, an unexpected visitor helps her believe in her life's worth in a way no list ever could...
Product Details
Price
$22.00
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publish Date
March 02, 2010
Pages
352
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.26 X 0.92 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780425232491
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Reviews
"With "The Household Guide to Dying," Debra Adelaide serves up a tantalizing literary souffle - a beautiful blending of lightness and substance that centers around Delia, as quirky, funny, feisty and brave a character as any in contemporary fiction. I think you'll love this life-affirming novel. I did."
-Wally Lamb, author of "The Hour I First Believed"
"I found this novel entrancing. "The Household Guide to Dying" is a joyous book that resonates deep inside long after you finish. Delia's magical, crystalline voice made me fervently wish that she was real and that I knew her."
-Patricia Wood, author of "LOTTERY"
"What an uplifting novel. Itas gorgeously written, while also being absolutely page-turning and breathtakingly tender. I adored the character of Delia and was riveted to her story from beginning to lovely and surprising end."
-Cecelia Ahern, author of "PS, I Love You" and "There's No Place Like Here"
-Wally Lamb, author of "The Hour I First Believed"
"I found this novel entrancing. "The Household Guide to Dying" is a joyous book that resonates deep inside long after you finish. Delia's magical, crystalline voice made me fervently wish that she was real and that I knew her."
-Patricia Wood, author of "LOTTERY"
"What an uplifting novel. Itas gorgeously written, while also being absolutely page-turning and breathtakingly tender. I adored the character of Delia and was riveted to her story from beginning to lovely and surprising end."
-Cecelia Ahern, author of "PS, I Love You" and "There's No Place Like Here"
