The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes (Hardcover)

from susan0316

I knew what I started this book that it would be a book that would make me cry. I thought that meant that I would be crying by the end, I didn't expect to have tears start by page 10. Other than the obvious tears, this is a beautifully written book about dying. Rabbit, real name Mia, Hayes is bei...

from paperdust

What goes through the mind of a terminally ill patient? How does her body react? How will family and friends behave? No one quite has the answer until the disease smacks you in the face. We witness Rabbit's interactions with her loved ones at the hospice, the poignancy is juxtaposed with humour a...

from Wassilissa

Das Buch beschreibt die letzten neun Lebenstage von Mia "Rabbit" Hayes. Die Einundvierzigjährige hat Krebs im Endstadium und ist im Hospiz. Das Buch zeigt schön, wie ihre Familie und Freunde von ihr Abschied nehmen, wie sich das Ankämpfen langsam in Akzeptieren wandelt. Das Buch ist recht irisch,...

from Beamis12

The subject of this novel is without doubt a sad one. But, it is much, much more. Not many novels can have you crying on one page and laughing on the next. Also the characters in this novel are wonderful, funny, flawed, trying to figure out who will take Rabbit's twelve yr, old daughter Juliet. W...

from Dianekeenoy

I've been thinking about this book ever since I saw it after it came out. Finally, I bought it and read it today. You know from the title that there won't be a happy ending. But, from the beginning, I was invested in the story of Rabbit Hayes (Mia) and her family and friends. The story opens with...