By the Time You Read This
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- 7,49 €
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- 7,49 €
Publisher Description
The smash hit debut novel for this summer
This is my (Kevin Bates) manual for my daughter Lois. The love of my life.
Rules of the manual:
1.You must only read each new entry on your birthday
2.This is a private manual between you and me.
3.No peeping at the next entry unless it's your birthday!
When Lois Bates is handed the manual, she can barely bring herself to read it as the pain of her dad’s death is still so raw.Yet soon Kevin’s advice is guiding her through every stage of her life – from jobs to first loves and relationships.
The manual can never be a substitute for having her dad back, but through his words Lois learns to start living again, and finds that happiness is waiting round the corner …
Reviews
‘A lovely exuberant tearjerker’ Lisa Jewell
‘A stunning debut’ Pride
About the author
Lola was born in South London. She has degrees in Psychology and Psychotherapy and currently works for the NHS as a counsellor. In between writing and working, Lola likes watching reruns of Dallas and the Sopranos whilst avidly dipping into a huge tub of dairy ice cream. By The Time You Read This is Lola’s first novel.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Brit counselor Jaye offers a self-help manual dressed up as fiction in her debut. Lois's father, Kevin, died when she was five. Seven years later, she receives a book from Auntie Philomena on the day her mother remarries. The book, The Manual, is by her father and is chock-full of his advice for Lois, to be read one chapter per year, on her birthday. A list of seven rules includes a warning for Lois to not skip ahead, and she takes her dad's advice to heart, savoring the entries, the vast majority of which consist largely of standard self-help fare ( "Tomorrow's not guaranteed, so live today"; "allow yourself the chance to really feel"), while enduring the vicissitudes of life. It's decent if bland in its earnestness, and will likely find a place on more than a few bookshelves between K bler-Ross and The Last Lecture.
