The Deal of a Lifetime : A Novella (CD-Audio)

from bell7

A short fable told in the form of a letter from a man to his son on Christmas Eve: the man is rich and has lived for his job, but when he is diagnosed with cancer he meets a little girl at the hospital who is dying. I'm still not quite sure how to describe this story or what I think of it. It ma...

from oldandnewbooksmell

While battling cancer, a deadbeat dad contemplates his life spent building a business empire and not being a father to his son. One night while smoking out on the fire escape, he meets a little girl with cancer who knows she's going to die. Fredrik Backman is one of my favorite authors. I usuall...

from HeatherLINC

The front cover of this book is what first caught my attention and then when I realised it was written by Fredrik Backman, I decided to give it a go. This is a Christmas story with a difference. A sick father is reminiscing to his absent son why he placed wealth and success over his family. It is...

from Twink

Next up on the holiday reading/listening list is The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman. I really enjoy Backman's writing - his 'left of centre' characters and the situations he places them in. In this novella, the lead character is a man who was driven all his life to succeed and excel at b...

from susan0316

This is a short little novella packed full of insights about life and death. It's a short Christmas story told by a father to his son - but it's not a normal Christmas story. The father has been an absentee father and has just found out that he has cancer. He really isn't sure of what feelings hi...