My Name Is Joe

from abcarroll

When Joe finds out he has only weeks to live he begins to naturally reevaluate his life and lifestyle. As he makes a last attempt to do some real good before he dies his path crosses with a woman who changes his final days and he in turn dramatically impacts her life. Good short read.

from judithrs

My Name is Joe. Stefan Bourque. 2010. I guess this book was offered free on Kindle as I doubt I would have ever found it otherwise. I glad I read it. Bourque's prose is beautiful. The novel opens with Joe in a doctor's office being told he has pancreatic cancer. The beginning is rather slow; and ...

from jljaina

This is one of those reads that really makes you stop and THINK about the life you are living. Joe is you average middle-age guy who has now family or social life. He is diagnosed with a terminal cancer and this sets him on a course to re-evaluate his life. So many people, to certain extents, rem...

from Tavaresden

A wonderful book about one man's search for redemption and recognition before he dies. He finds solace and a family when he meets a women and her son. Stefan Bourque does a great job touching all our emotional buttons. It's very sad but also inspirational and sweet. The pace is slow and meanderin...

from Anne76

I absolutely loved this book! I would classify this as literary fiction because of the eloquent prose, attention to character and detail, and the proper motivation to make me think and feel. Essentially "My Name Is Joe" is about a middle-aged man who has no family of his own, and working from hom...