Millard Salter's Last Day Millard Salter's Last Day

Millard Salter's Last Day

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Publisher Description

In the spirit of the New York Times bestselling A Man Called Ove, this is the heartwarming story of a man who decides to end his life before he’s too old—but then begins to reconsider when he faces complications from the world around him.

In an effort to delay the frailty and isolation that comes with old age, psychiatrist Millard Salter decides to kill himself by the end of the day—but first he has to tie up some loose ends. These include a tête-à-tête with his youngest son, Lysander, who at forty-three has yet to hold down a paying job; an unscheduled rendezvous with his first wife, Carol, whom he hasn’t seen in twenty-seven years; and a brief visit to the grave of his second wife, Isabelle. Complicating this plan though is Delilah, the widow with whom he has fallen in love in the past few months. As Millard begins to wrap up his life, he confronts a lifetime of challenges during a single day—and discovers that his family has a big surprise for him as well.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2017
November 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
272
Pages
PUBLISHER
Gallery Books
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
4.1
MB

Customer Reviews

Miki TK ,

Intelligent and meaningful

Jacob Appel distills an entire lifetime over the course of one day in the life of Millard Salter. Warning: It is a roller coaster ride covering some heavy topics yet without any warning, you will laugh out loud. Did not want to put the book down. Yet I paced myself so I could savor each chapter. Suffice it say I did not want it to end.

JWeissman ,

Not really much like Ove - much better

Millard Salter is fabulous character, and Jacob Appel does an excellent job of presenting his life through the device of a single day on which he intends to kill himself. We see his family, get to watch truly hilarious office politics, see him through an encounter with a very unusual taxi driver, and watch him enjoy his cranky self. Appel is very inventive, and the book is one of the funniest and deepest I’ve read in a long time.

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