Debra Adelaide will be speaking at UTS Library as part of our Author Talks series on 3 May!
It was tedious for a child of eight to be trailing behind an adult around a cemetery. I knew that Estelle was bored, too, but she understood why it was important for us to come to Rookwood, and anyway, she'd brought her Nintendo DS.- A Household Guide to Dying by Debra AdelaideAbout the book:
On the face of it, Delia's got it all – good marriage, two great kids, dream job writing witty, practical house and garden books. But when she's diagnosed with terminal cancer, she's forced to view her life in an entirely new light. There are things she must do, there are wrongs to be put right, and there are mysteries from the past that demand resolution.
But there is just so little time.
Summoning all her strength, she returns to the tiny country town where she fled pregnant and unmarried 14 years before and comes to terms with a loss no mother should ever have to endure. She finishes writing her ultimate how-to book. And she tries, as best she can, to prepare herself and her family for the inevitable...
Moving, witty and wise, Debra Adelaide's brilliant new novel is destined to become a classic of contemporary Australian fiction. -from publisher
Find a copy:
- The book is available at UTS Library
- In libraries across Australia
About Teaser Tuesdays:
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading! Everyone is welcome to play!
How it works:
1. Grab a book from your collection
2. Select 2 sentences that make an interesting teaser (avoid spoilers please!)
3. Post the sentences, along with author and book title in the comments of this post
This month's reading theme is ESCAPE which comes courtesy of the National Year of Reading 2012 program!
10 comments:
“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
- Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens
Love it! Thanks for posting!
Ooo - this one sounds intriguing!! (And I love the whole "Besides, she brought her DS" LOL!!) I'm going to have to keep my eyes opened for this.
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This sounds like a deeply moving, important book. I looked it up on Amazon, and it's available for Kindle (my preferred method of reading these days).
My teaser this week is from Table for Five by Susan Wiggs.
That teaser is a gives a good indication of our times! My teaser comes from the Inspector Grant series by Josephine Tey.
Yes, a lot of humour interspersed between the bits about dying!
We're very lucky, as the author will be giving a talk at our library this Thursday! Can't wait!
Huh, interesting that you chose a passage in which there was low action and actual boredom. What led you to that choice?
That is an interesting teaser.
Nice teaser. Sounds like my son - the DS goes a lot of places where he doesn't want to be as well. My TT:
http://wcs53.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/teaser-tuesdays-the-book-thief-may-1/
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