<![CDATA[This Book Will Save Your Life]]>

false <![CDATA[This Book Will Save Your Life]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168029725m/29415.jpg 29415 16 From the author of Music for Torchingan uplifting and apocalyptic tale set in Los Angeles about one man's efforts to bring himself back to life Since her debut in 1989, A. M. Homes has been among the boldest and most original voices of her generation, acclaimed for the psychological accuracy and unnerving emotional intensity of her storytelling. Her keen ability to explore how extraordinary the ordinary can be is at the heart of her touching and funny new novel, her first in six years. Richard Novak is a modern-day Everyman, a middle-aged divorcé trading stocks out of his home. He has done such a good job getting his life under control that he needs no oneexcept his trainer, nutritionist, and housekeeper. He is functionally dead and doesn't even notice until two incidentsan attack of intense pain that lands him in the emergency room, and the discovery of an expanding sinkhole outside his houseconspire to hurl him back into the world. On his way home from the hospital, Richard forms the first of many new relationships: He meets Anhil, the doughnut shop owner, an immigrant who dreams big. He finds a weeping housewife in the produce section of the supermarket, helps save a horse that has fallen into the sinkhole, daringly rescues a woman from the trunk of her kidnapper's car, and, after the sinkhole claims his house and he has to relocate to a Malibu rental, he befriends a reluctant counterculture icon. In the end, Richard is also brought back in closer touch with his familyhis aging parents, his brilliant brother, the beloved ex-wife whom he still desires, and finally, before the story's breathtaking finale, with his estranged son Ben. The promised land of Los Angelesa surreal city of earthquakes, wildfires, mudslides, and feral Chihuahuasis also very much a character in This Book Will Save Your Life. A vivid, revealing novel about compassion, transformation, and what can happen if you are willing to lose yourself and open up to the world around you, it should significantly broaden Homes's already substantial audience. 1330198 20 4 2006 This Book Will Save Your Life total:1287|5:233|4:481|3:378|2:144|1:51| 1287 4562 1907 297 4 20 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 15 10:09:55 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 22 07:43:53 -0700 2009 25 minutes after my scheduled appointment time.) and the thing is I’m not really conscious of it. It’s just there. It might present itself in my clenched jaw or that weird stabbin...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 13:35:44 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 11:52:04 -0700 2007
I very much enjoyed this novel. It was laugh out loud funny in places.

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Since her debut in 1989, A.M. Homes has been among the boldest and most original voices of her generation, acclaimed for the psyc...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 06:14:22 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 11:00:27 -0700 2007
This Book is al...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 06 18:34:29 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 18:35:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 10:29:27 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 09:15:21 -0800 2007 Jack and The End of Alice), A.M. Homes has written about slightly absurd things that happen to slightly absurd people. This Book Will Save Your Life fits this mold almost too perfectly: a ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 04 21:37:24 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 21:39:13 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 19:57:27 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 14:15:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Dec 15 07:11:26 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 07:24:56 -0800 2007
We are introducted to Richard Novak, a reclusive, wealthy middle-aged man living in Los Angeles who pretty much doesn't need to leave his house anymore - he has his trainer, his housekeep...more...]]> 5 2 true false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 10 09:36:51 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 09:43:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 16:20:32 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 12:55:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 08:46:19 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 08:46:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 18 08:02:37 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 08:07:02 -0700 2007
The main character has cut himself off from the world. He works and exercises from home, and only has personal contact with his housemaid....

Until, he thinks hes having THE BIG ONE, w...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 02 20:28:05 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 20:30:37 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 31 13:23:41 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 13:25:04 -0800 2009 in a matter of speech. One of the best I have read.]]> 1 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 21:19:59 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 21:37:00 -0800 2009
I spent many many hours slogging through ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 16:25:30 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 16:28:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 21:18:07 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 21:27:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 14:24:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 14:35:43 -0700 2009
I liked it and it kept my interest for a good while, but only because I could almost never imagine what was coming next, certainly not because what ca...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 06:44:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 06:50:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 14:14:39 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 14:15:13 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=29415