One Last Thing Before I Go
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Descrizione dell’editore
For fans of David Nicholls, a brilliantly funny and touching new novel from the bestselling author of HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER, selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club.
Meet Silver. Forty-four, divorced and living alone. His once celebrated music career is now a faded memory and his ex-wife is about to marry another man. The only good thing in Silver's life is his Princeton-bound teenage daughter, Casey - and she would probably say the exact opposite about him. So in Silver's opinion, things could be going better ... a lot better.
Then Casey drops a bombshell: she's pregnant. Yes, it was her first time, and, no, she hasn't told her mom. Silver knows things have got to change, and when he discovers he has a fatal heart condition that means he could drop dead at any minute, he decides it's time to make a list:
1. Be a better father
2. Be a better man
3. Fall in love
4. Die
But the question is, can Silver rebuild his life, regain the respect of his family, and be there for Casey when she needs him most, or has he left it all too late?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Tropper's latest comic novel (after This Is Where I Leave You), 44-year-old Drew Silver, the washed-up drummer for one-hit wonders the Bent Daisies, refuses lifesaving surgery to fix a torn aorta he realizes, after all, "that the lives of everyone close to him seem to improve dramatically once they leave him behind." Eight years ago, Silver's band hit it big, he behaved badly, and his wife, Denise, filed for divorce. He has never forgiven himself for losing his family, and since the split, he has languished by the Jersey Turnpike in an efficiency hotel and drummed his life away at weddings and bat mitzvahs. To make his imminent demise even worse, it's just weeks before Denise remarries (Silver's doctor), and Silver's Princeton-bound, 18-year-old daughter, Casey, reveals that she's pregnant. Silver has decided to let nature run its course, but a ministroke leaves him unwittingly voicing his desire to "Be a better man," sparking a joint effort to reunite their family. Though Silver's charm doesn't translate on the page, Tropper fans can rest easy plans are in the works to bring Silver to the silver screen.
