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The One-in-a-Million Boy

4.09  ·  Rating details ·  29,332 ratings  ·  4,298 reviews
The story of your life never starts at the beginning. Don't they teach you anything at school?

So says 104-year-old Ona to the 11-year-old boy who's been sent to help her out every Saturday morning. As he refills the bird feeders and tidies the garden shed, Ona tells him about her long life, from first love to second chances. Soon she's confessing secrets she has kept hidde
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Hardcover, 416 pages
Published April 5th 2016 by Headline Review
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Heather Anderson The novel is by no means "devastating." Did we read the same book? It's a rich story about redemption, of finding purpose-- and finding hope, mostly--…moreThe novel is by no means "devastating." Did we read the same book? It's a rich story about redemption, of finding purpose-- and finding hope, mostly-- in the most unusual of circumstances. It's a story about the interconnectedness of life: a boy's death creates this web of human connections that cause several people's lives to become more meaningful. It's absolutely beautiful.(less)
SANDI PRICE I would definitely put this book in the 4.5 star rating it's getting. I would also put it in the same class as The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed out th…moreI would definitely put this book in the 4.5 star rating it's getting. I would also put it in the same class as The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and A Man Called Ove. It's a wonderful story about courage and redemption and acceptance and.... I stayed up way too late a few nights because I just couldn't turn it off. And I cried at the end.(less)

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Tempo de Ler
Apr 10, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition

Um Rapaz Muito Especial recorda-nos que, embora não possamos escrever os nossos próprios fins, podemos contribuir, e muito, para as histórias daqueles que nos rodeiam, encaminhando assim a nossa por uma via que, mesmo imprevista, poderá ser melhor do que a ambicionada.

Quinn nunca foi um bom pai; em onze anos, não conseguiu estabelecer uma ligação com o filho, nunca conseguiu compreender a sua singularidade e sabe, portanto, que não o amou tanto quanto devia. Infelizmente, agora não terá sequer a
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Victor
Nov 04, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Fiquei bem apaixonadinho por esse livro.
É totalmente fofo e trata do luto de uma forma tão natural e diferente do que já li antes. A sensação que eu tenho é que o luto dos personagens, principalmente do Quinn, é um processo que vai se estendendo ao longo da narrativa, sem uma grande epifania que o faz ver as coisas com outros olhos. Tudo é construído de forma a levar a esse crescimento e evolução dos personagens e suas relações.
E justamente todos os relacionamentos é que fazem o livro ser tão bo
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ELISANGELA PEREIRA LOPES
Este livro comprei pela capa, macia feito veludo (Um Menino em um Milhão, de Mônica Wood). E agora penso que essa suavidade/delicadeza tem uma razão de ser. O intuito, ao meu ver, era aquecer as mãos e braços do leitor, até chegar ao coração. Amizade, superação, cumplicidade, são temas e lições recorrentes. A Srta. Ona Victus e seus 104 anos trouxeram-me diversas lembranças da minha avó. Ambas tinham em comum: força inexequível, vontade de vida eterna e humor ímpar - indiferente das dificuldades ...more
Filomena Mourinho
O título deste romance chamou-me a atenção na Feira do Livro de Lisboa no ano passado (2019). Raramente me arrependo da compra de um livro que me chama e este não foi exceção.
Monica Wood conta-nos uma história densa, dorida, sofrida, mas iluminada pelo amor e pela paixão pela vida. Pelas vidas. Seguimos a história de um rapaz muito especial através daqueles que viviam mais próximos dele e, de certa forma, não o conheciam bem. Mas tudo isso muda quando conhecem Ona, a sua amiga de 104 anos. Ela t
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Lucas Sena
final meio ????
Alexandre Ivaldi
O personagem principal não passa por nenhum processo de mudança. É praticamente o mesmo, do início ao fim! :(
Monica
Sep 12, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Um bom livro, bem escrito e que nos envolve e liga às personagens! Vale a pena ler.

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Monica Wood is the author of four works of fiction, most recently The One-in-a-Million-Boy, which won a 2017 Nautilus Award (Gold) and the 2017 fiction prize from the New England Society in the City of New York. She also is the author of Any Bitter Thing which spent 21 weeks on the American Booksellers Association extended bestseller list and was named a Book Sense Top Ten pick. Her other fictio ...more

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“You know, one meets so many people, the years pass and pass, but there are certain times, certain people— . . . They take up room. So much room. I was married to Howard for twenty-eight years and yet he made only a piddling dent in my memory. A little nick. But certain others, they move in and make themselves at home and start flapping their arms in the story you make of your life. They have a wingspan. . . .” 25 likes
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