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Seventeen-year-old Will is in turmoil after the sudden death of his mother. His father drifts and his old brother, Adam, stays away from home. Isolated and angry, Will begins to search for answers, using his Mum's old camera and any philosophy books he can get his hands on. Then he falls for a beautiful girl, and things get even more complicated. With his final exams loomi...more

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Dec 11, 2012 Asaviel rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Diese Geschichte setzt genau zu dem Zeitpunkt ein, zu dem Wills Mutter stirbt. Der Leser ist nicht dabei, denn er folgt ausschließlich Will, denn es wird immer aus seiner Perspektive erzählt. So wird eben auch aus seiner Sicht erzählt, dass er nichts gespürt hat, als seine Mutter plötzlich aus dem Leben gerissen wurde.
Natürlich steht nun die Frage offen: Wie soll ein Jugendlicher in diesem Moment weiterleben. Der Verlust schmerzt so sehr, dass Will ihn körperlich spürt. Aus dieser Grundkonstella...more Diese Geschichte setzt genau zu dem Zeitpunkt ein, zu dem Wills Mutter stirbt. Der Leser ist nicht dabei, denn er folgt ausschließlich Will, denn es wird immer aus seiner Perspektive erzählt. So wird eben auch aus seiner Sicht erzählt, dass er nichts gespürt hat, als seine Mutter plötzlich aus dem Leben gerissen wurde.
Natürlich steht nun die Frage offen: Wie soll ein Jugendlicher in diesem Moment weiterleben. Der Verlust schmerzt so sehr, dass Will ihn körperlich spürt. Aus dieser Grundkonstellation muss sich natürlich ein sehr nachdenkliches Buch ergeben, das den Leser ganz schnell in eine melancholische Stimmung versetzt, denn es gelingt nur allzu leicht mit dem Protagonisten mitzufühlen.
Der Schreibstil ist der Sprache des jungen Mannes angepasst. Jugendlich, nachdenklich und es schwingt etwas verzweifeltes darin mit, wenn dem Leser nur Gedankenfetzen und sehr kurze Absätze präsentiert werden. Es gibt viele weise Sätze in diesem Buch, die nicht nur aus Zitaten bestehen, sondern uns auch als Wills Gedanken und Wills Notizen präsentiert werden. Nicht nur, aber gerade auch Menschen, Jugendliche, die einen Verlust erlitten haben, werden sicher hier eine Möglichkeit erhalten neue Kraft und neuen Mut zu schöpfen, ohne das Gefühl zu haben, dass der Moralapostel mit erhobenen Zeigefinger hinter ihnen steht.
Denn Will schwankt zwischen zwei Extremen. Einerseits stellt er die existenziellen Fragen nach dem Sinn des Lebens, dem Sinn des Seins und sucht die Antworten auch bei den großen Philosophen. Aus diesem Grund gibt es auch von diesen diverse Zitate, die oft nicht auf Anhieb zu verstehen sind. Für sie muss man sich auf jeden Fall Zeit lassen. Andererseits macht Will viel Unsinn, um zu spüren, das er noch lebt. So spielt auch Sexualität und der Umgang mit Sexualität eine große Rolle, während über der gesamten Szenerie die Frage schwebt, wie er weiterleben soll.
Zusätzlich spielt auch die restliche Familie, also Wills Vater und sein Bruder eine Rolle. Beide gehen sie ganz anders mit dem Verlust um als der Protagonist und dies erschwert für ihn natürlich die Situation zusätzlich.
Dies ist nicht nur eine Geschichte über den Tod und über den Verlust, den jeder Todesfall in das Leben der Zurückgebliebenen reißt. Nein, es ist eben eine Geschichte auch über das Leben und über die Liebe. Auf wenigen Seiten werden viele Gefühle nicht nur angesprochen, sondern auch im Leser geweckt. So geht das Geschehen ans Herz und teilweise muss sich sicher der eine oder andere auch eine Träne wegwischen.
Natürlich kann es am Ende kein klassisches Happy End geben, denn Wills Mutter ist schließlich immer noch tot, aber es ist ein versöhnliches Ende eines sehr nachdenklichen Buches. Innerhalb weniger Stunden sind die 250 Seiten für den geübten Leser beendet. Danach konnte ich nicht sofort in eine neue Geschichte eintauchen, denn vorher wollte diese verarbeitet werden.

Fazit: Eine Geschichte über Tod und Verlust, aber auch über Leben und lieben. Der Protagonist schwankt zwischen Extremen und sucht zwischen Philosophen und der eigenen Sexualität nach dem Sinn des Lebens. Von dieser Geschichte wird der Leser sofort in den Bann geschlagen und kann mit diesem Jungen fühlen, der viel zu früh seine Mutter verliert. Definitiv lesenswert. (less)

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Apr 10, 2011 Diane Ferbrache rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: family-stories, young-adult, philosophy, death, washyarg

When Will’s mother is killed by a drunk driver, he finds himself angry and lost and questioning the meaning of life. His father has disappeared into work and alcohol. His brother has returned home to live, but is only present in body and frequent absences make that even rare. Will seeks answers in books of philosophical writings, meditation, sex, and drugs, and he falls in love for the first time. He soon discovers that none of that is very satisfying or comforting.
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Nov 27, 2010 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, favoriten

Wills Mutter stirbt nach einem tragischen Verkehrsunfall.
Auf der Beerdigung ringt er um Fassung und ist geschockt, dass er es fertig bringt, sich in so einer Situation zu verlieben.
Er ist vollkommen überfordert mit seinem Schicksal und sucht nach Halt im Leben und der Wahrheit über Leben und Tod. Während sein Vater und sein Bruder die Trauer auf ihre ganz eigene Art verarbeiten, stürzt sich Will in seine Beziehung zu Taryn. Sein Alltag gerät auf der Suche nach dem Sinn seiner Existenz mächtig in...more

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Sep 05, 2010 Tye Cattanach rated it 5 of 5 stars

“God, Mum, where are you? Are you disappointed I’m crap at all this? You never told me what to do when you died, but you should’ve, because it’s the only thing we can be sure of. Death gets us all in the end.” (Page 5 The Beginners Guide To Living.)

There is a saying in Philosophy about ‘active laziness’. It alludes to those who are perpetually busy. Life is always hectic, there are always a million things to do and they all need to be done now. People who live with the condition of active lazine...more “God, Mum, where are you? Are you disappointed I’m crap at all this? You never told me what to do when you died, but you should’ve, because it’s the only thing we can be sure of. Death gets us all in the end.” (Page 5 The Beginners Guide To Living.)

There is a saying in Philosophy about ‘active laziness’. It alludes to those who are perpetually busy. Life is always hectic, there are always a million things to do and they all need to be done now. People who live with the condition of active laziness, create this state of living so that they need never be still or quiet enough to contemplate their own mortality.

I am a fast reader. I always have been. But I deliberately read The Beginners Guide To Living slowly. I immersed myself in the pages of this novel, let the poetry of the words rest in my mind, re-read the passages I loved, the passages that made me think about my own life. I often put the book down and wandered away, deep in thought about what I had read. I began to ask questions of myself. I realised, with some difficulty, that I am an actively lazy person.

My heart ached for Will. His grief, his confusion, his need to understand and make sense of a world without his mother. His memories, his questions, his dreams…often resulted with ME in tears.

So much of Will’s experience and the experiences of the characters surrounding him forced me to contemplate my own belief system. If I am honest, this self reflection made me uncomfortable. Something Lia said whilst we talked, (that repeated in my mind often while I was reading) was her belief that as a writer, part of her job is to force someone to ‘sympathise with something they might not want to sympathise with.’ I had no trouble sympathising with Will, however, it was a struggle for me to think about things I actively avoid thinking about. My own mortality.

The Beginners Guide To Living is a beautifully lyrical novel. Not a word is without purpose. Lia Hills offers an intimate window into the grief of a seventeen year old boy. I use the word intimate with great deliberation, because there is an intimacy to this novel that lingers long after closing the cover. I suspect it shall never leave.

The Beginners Guide To Living is so many things, a universe of thought captured as ink upon page. At the very least, it is an exploration of what it is to die and more importantly, what it is to LIVE.(less)

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Apr 04, 2009 Adele rated it 4 of 5 stars

The divine Simmone Howell mentioned that she was reading this little gem on her blog a few weeks back. I decided then that I needed to get my hands on it then.

Reading this book was like slipping into a tub full of warm words. They slip over you, sink in, resonate. Worm their way into your consciousness. It's not surprise that Hills is a poet because every line in this book was beautiful. Reading about this boy's exploration into his mother life and death, what the purpose of life truly is and th...more The divine Simmone Howell mentioned that she was reading this little gem on her blog a few weeks back. I decided then that I needed to get my hands on it then.

Reading this book was like slipping into a tub full of warm words. They slip over you, sink in, resonate. Worm their way into your consciousness. It's not surprise that Hills is a poet because every line in this book was beautiful. Reading about this boy's exploration into his mother life and death, what the purpose of life truly is and the presence of hope was a moving experience.

Will's mum was killed when a drunk driver swerves into her and the men in her life are irrevocably changed. Will's dad starts drinking a lot, his brother moves home and Will falls in love. Picking up from the funeral should be discombobulating but it wasn't. I felt eerily calm the entire time I was reading this book. I am typically a sprinting reader, I put words away fast but this book made me slow down and soak it all in. Normally this would make me run, scaring the absolute stuffing out of me but I found myself savouring each philosophical thought, each experience, each revelation.

Hills' debut effort is poised, deliberate and lyrical in some places. the humour dips in and waves at you occasionally lightening the load - "I am wearing corporate socks to a party. The world has gone into a slow decline." Will's romantic endeavours with the soulful Taryn are both speedy and languid at the same time. I have also read the best description of a hangover, bar none (p. 147).

One scene that particularly grabbed me was the scene in which Will overhears his father speaking with his deceased mother. That scene grabbed me by the heart, rattled it around and smashed it on the floor. His pain and grief was exquisite.

I gather there is some debate whether this falls into the traditional YA criteria, despite its marketing as such. There is swearing and sex but I think the languid pace is what might detract some readers. That being said, it is an authentic depiction of a teen's grief and that there is not one way to grieve, only your own. And that is a message that should be universal.
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Mar 31, 2011 Jacki rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: teen-fiction

Summary: Following his mother's tragic death by drunk driver, young Will must deal with his (metaphorically) lost father, angry elder brother, and his own questions and angst about the meaning of life and death. Initially he looks for answers in a new and passionate relationship with free-spirited Taryn, but he learns grief can't be washed away with love or sex.

Verdict: An interesting portrait of grief, punctuated by photographs meant to have been taken by Will with his mother's camera.

Yay!: A s...more

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Feb 10, 2011 Frenchhornbook rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Poweful stuff. I loved how the philosophy aspect of it carried throught the wzhole thing even when it was divided into parts. Though Lia said that if Will were to write a book the 2 parts would be about death and love respectively, if there were 4 parts, it would be different. Personally, Part 1 was about death. 2 about love. 3 about drugs. And 4 about Will finding himself\resolution. Overall, really good. It was interesting how people he met ha suffered a death or other tragedy. Cherry's charac...more

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Apr 27, 2011 Kat Alexander rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2011, good-books-that-make-you-think, reviewed

Will never called his mom "mother" until after she died. But three days later, it's "my mother" this and "my mother" that. Maybe it's less painful than calling her "Mom". Now that she's dead and all.

Now that she's dead and all, Will is painfully confronted with the fact of her--and his own--mortality. What's it mean to die? To live? Will finds new love just days after, and throws himself into the search for answers. In philosophy, Western and Eastern, in love, in other people. In the woods outsi...more Will never called his mom "mother" until after she died. But three days later, it's "my mother" this and "my mother" that. Maybe it's less painful than calling her "Mom". Now that she's dead and all.

Now that she's dead and all, Will is painfully confronted with the fact of her--and his own--mortality. What's it mean to die? To live? Will finds new love just days after, and throws himself into the search for answers. In philosophy, Western and Eastern, in love, in other people. In the woods outside of Melbourne. He can feel himself changing on his search, but is this good? Or is it bad?

Will Ellis has left home to find answers, and he is lost.

Reading this book reminds me of something a friend told me regarding Grendel : The book isn't great, but the thinking is. That's a bit how I felt about The Beginner's Guide to Living. I like the ideas; I love the ideas. The philosophy. The search. It's a character-driven, though-driven book--there's not a whole lot of action in the traditional sense. A philosophical journey.

Or, if you want to reduce it to a few short sentences:

Boy's mother dies. Boy gets screwed (in more ways than one). Boy talks about philosophy.

I'm not sure how I felt about the character of Will. He's a pretty good protagonist, I suppose. I didn't always agree with him, but perhaps that's a good thing. The whole romance between Will and Taryn seemed a little odd at first--I mean, he meets her at his mother's funeral--but eventually it levels out until it's simply natural. Will and Taryn disagree and they come from completely different backgrounds, but they just... fit. Two pieces of a puzzle. It's a little strange timing, but it's an interesting relationship to read about, and Will's in no mood to be all sappy and crap.

The relationship is really interesting, I think, because the characters are all so real. Most of them are completely normal people. Taryn's family is a little, erm, different. (I absolutely adore her sister.) It's a bit like looking in through a glass, even though it's a first-person narrative. I suppose that's Lia Hills' skill, separating Will from the world in a particularly unique and effective way.

If a parent (or other adult) challenging the book in the public library system picked it up, they could make a strong argument. It's got a fair bit of sex and drugs. I had no idea there was so much sex in Melbourne, Australia. But really, it's so much more than a love story. It's a life story. It's about a kid trying to find his way through life, and yeah, he screws up. A lot. Constantly. But he learns. And it's got a lot of brilliant ideas that I personally believe everyone should have exposure to, just because, well, I believe in the benefits of thinking in the strange and philosophical ways that Will is exposed to.

Read it for the thinking. Read it for the philosophy. Or read it for a good love story. It's not fast-paced. It's not plot-driven. But it's some brilliant ideas, and certainly something to chew on.(less)

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Mar 14, 2011 Emily Hainsworth added it · review of another edition

Shelves: yafiction

Thank you to Tye Cattanach for sending this my way!!

Having written a book about a boy who deals a lot with grief myself, I was really intrigued (and okay a little intimidated) to see how Lia Hills approached the subject…and I couldn’t have been more engrossed by the story. I finished this book in two sittings (FAST for me, ok). Maybe I am a sucker for ~boys in pain~, but I found myself directly inside Will’s head (and sometimes his pants), trying to piece together some meaning out of his mother’...more

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Jul 19, 2010 Kristylemmon rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book was nominated in the NZ Post Children's Book awards, but it is set in Australia. It's about a 17 year old boy whose mom dies unexpectedly and the first few month of he and his dad and brother coping with her death. I wanted to read it because my mom died when I was 15 and I was surrounded my grieving males that were difficult to understand. I think this book gives reasonably good insight into what the experience of losing a parent in your teen years feels like. I related to and enjoyed...more

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Mar 22, 2013 Janaya rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

This was a really amazing book. I love books where readers are given the utmost connection to the main characters, mentally. It was nice experiencing Will's mourning with him and seeing him sprout into understanding. The philosophical references were the icing on the cake as well; I learned about so mant different philosophers and their lives. The only reason I gave it a four was because I felt his relationship with Taryn was too quick and unrealistic in the sexual and relationship terms. It nev...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Holly Cagney rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Oct 20, 2010 Trish Doller rated it 4 of 5 stars

God, I wish I had written this book. *sigh*

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Jan 11, 2012 Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-fiction, read-in-2012

It took me a long time to get into this and buy into Will, but when I did, I really, really liked this story. It's about grief and death, but it's about hope and living, too. There's love and philosophy, and as much as it could come off as a kid being too smart for himself, it's not at all. It's Will pushing grief away, rather than dealing with it.

Hills has a fantastic and poetic writing style, and this book mixes it up with flashbacks and images that make up Will and his mother's story lines....more

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Feb 16, 2013 Paperback Princess rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: library, reviewed

Originally published at Paperback Princess to view in it's entirety pls click here.

As some of my readers may have noticed, I normally create my own synopsis for my reviews. However, I'm struggling to keep up with reviewing the books I've read as it takes me forever to write my own synopsis. I've seen many reviewers using the Publisher's synopsis so I'm going to take this route and see how it goes. Let me know which you all think is better. I wanted to make special mention once again to Lisa from...more

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Mar 21, 2011 Kricket rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, australia, grief, guy-voice, philosophy, teen-fiction, who-am-i

will's mother has just been killed by a drunk driver, and life no longer makes any sense. he, his brother adam, and their father are all grieving in different ways. will embarks on a personal search for meaning by reading philosophy, falling in love, and experimenting with drugs, nature, vandalism, and religion. he develops the film left in his mother's camera to see the last photos she took. but there don't seem to be any answers.

i wanted to love this book, but i just liked it. it had so many w...more

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Mar 28, 2011 Luscinnia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011

Sehr dicht geschrieben und man bekommt extrem viel, über das man eine Weile nachzudenken hat. Dazu kommt eine Auswahl von Philosophen. Mir hat es sehr gut gefallen und ich weiß mindestens drei Leute, an die ich das Buch weiterverschenken werde. Allerdings ist es mir nach wie vor ein Rätsel, warum die Leute in der Buchhandlung dieses Buch unter "Fantasy" einsortiert hatten. Es ist zwar eher auf ein jugendlicher(es) Publikum ausgerichtet, hat aber mit Fantasy so überhaupt gar nichts zu tun.

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Jan 19, 2011 Carrie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, death-and-suicide, brothers, y-fiction

So, I really don't like philosophy, and I suppose the way to get me to read a book about it is to disguise the philosophical bits inside a angsty teen novel where the mother dies. Like mashing up a cat's medication and putting it in tuna fish.

Except, even without all the philosophy, it wasn't that great of a novel. Really not at a tuna fish level. There's one of those excessively quirky free spirit girlfriends who says wise things and introduces him to sex and drugs. AND there's philosophy.

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Feb 07, 2011 Robin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-and-ya, read-in-2011

This is one of the more stirring YA novels I've read. In it, 17-year-old Will aches to come to terms with his mother's death, the meaning of life, and the vulnerability experienced through love. Beautifully written, I agree with others who have commented that it shows this novel was written by an author with a background in poetry.

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Jul 24, 2012 Catherine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: school-library-reads

Wow! I loved the main character of this book. He's one of the bravest kids I've ever read about; even though he's hurting and has no one to tell him how to deal with his loss, he goes looking for a way to make sense of his life. But he's a kid, and a flawed, tragic one at that so he goes looking for answers in dark places of the soul as well as philosophy, new age beliefs and photography. Ultimately, this is a book about hope, resilience and the beginning of the never-ending search for meaning.

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Jul 16, 2011 P.E. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Nothing really pulled me in. I felt bad for Will and his struggle but I never really connected. The philosophy was cool and the characters weird in an interesting way but the book never held me captive. Not my kind of book, I guess.

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Jun 25, 2012 Katie Joiner rated it 5 of 5 stars

What a cool book! At the library, I usually pick out a book to balance the heavy-duty Toni Morrison/Amy Bloom/Edgar Allan Poe book I'm reading. This week, "Beginners Guide" was that book. It was sad, but not in a bawl-your-eyes-out kind of way. Will's dynamic, intresting, and realistic charecter makes the book worthwhile. A plot twist in the end makes you even more attached to Will.
Taryn is an awesome charecter. In a few books that I've read, the After Death girlfriend can be irritating and mea...more

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Jan 04, 2011 Jedidiah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, young-adult

A fascinating story about grief and the search for meaning. Very much enjoyed all the philosophic and poetic references. Struggled between giving this 3 stars or 4; apparently, I'm feeling generous today.

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Jun 14, 2011 Gabbicalabrese rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 9th-grade

It is very difficult for me to not like a book. This book achieved that. Perhaps it is because I'm not spiritually intuned or something, but I just could not see the point in this book. There was no riveting climax as I kept expecting there to be. There was no anything. The writing style wasn't good, and neither was the purpose. I guess I kept anticipating something that didn't exist. I pushed on to the end because I was hoping it would grow more interesting. It didn't.

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Dec 18, 2010 BCPL Youth Services Librarian added it · review of another edition

Shelves: realistic-fiction, romance

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Jul 16, 2011 Cara rated it 3 of 5 stars

I found myself waiting checking the pages. I wanted it to be over. I liked the ending though. I liked the all the characters.

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Aug 09, 2011 Denise added it

Emotive soul searching stuff. Very sad in parts and yet a story of a family coming together over tragedy.

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Aug 26, 2012 Anna Berlon added it · review of another edition

i had a $50 library fine because I wanted to read this book over and over! loovvveeeed it!(:

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May 24, 2010 Tina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adults

Eigentlich habe ich dieses Buch gestern Abend nur angefangen, weil ich Langeweile hatte. Und dann habe ich es in einem Rutsch durchgelesen (ok, es ist ja auch nicht so dick).
Die Mutter des 17-jährigen Will stirbt bei einem Autounfall. Auf der Trauerfeier verliebt sich Will dann zum ersten Mal so richtig und fühlt sich gleichzeitig schuldig seiner Mutter gegenüber. Er beginnt in einem Notizheft Fragen über den Tod und das Leben festzuhalten und sucht in den Werken verschiedener Philosophen nach A...more

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Jun 29, 2012 Erin Williams rated it 5 of 5 stars

this book most certainly changed my life
(in a good way)
This is a must read for anyone(at certain levels of age)

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Lia Hills is a poet, novelist and translator. Recent publications include her award-winning poetry collection, the possibility of flight. Her translation of Marie Darrieussecq’s novel, Tom Is Dead, was published by Text in 2009. Born in New Zealand, Lia now lives in Melbourne.

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