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The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe
I received an ARC of this from BookBrowse.com as it is one of their online book club selections. This story of a mother-son book club which takes place during her treatment for pancreatic cancer touched me deeply. Many of my interactions with friends and family revolve around "What are you reading?" and Schwalbe's book describes those discoveries perfectly. The other aspect of this book which I enjoyed is how mother and son where able to discuss all sorts of topics and themes which were important to them utilizing books and characters to make their points. Great literature speaks to us through universal themes and Schwalbe and his mom read their share of great literature. They also read some books which are not considered "great" but contained themes and discussion points relevant to their lives. On a very practical note, when describing the hours leading up to his mom's death, I felt the author captured that time perfectly: the boredom, the sadness, the relief of it being over and the grief of the person being gone. While this was a sad story as Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is ultimately fatal, I was not left saddened, but uplifted.