The Household Guide to Dying - Hardcover

Adelaide, Debra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399155597 ISBN 13: 9780399155598

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 2009

Synopsis

A terminally ill advice columnist fills her remaining days writing lists for her family on ways to organize their lives and composing a guide for her readers on dying.

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Review:

‘Darkly comic novel with a tone that is Desperate Housewives meets Six Feet Under...this is caustic and hilarious, as well as heart-warming. A clever read that stays with you for a long time' Red

'Adelaide's moving novel captures both the hope and sadness of Delia's plight' Daily Mail

'A novel about loving and grieving...filled with humour, warmth and sadness – just like life' Good Reading

‘I found this novel entrancing. The Household guide to Dying is a joyous, irreverent romp of a 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, Lottery

About the Author:

Debra Adelaide has worked as an editor, a book reviewer, and a researcher, and she is now a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. She is the author of two novels published in her native Australia, as well as several collections. This is her first book to be published in the United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0399155597
• ISBN 13: 9780399155598
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 311