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Life's That Way: a Memoir
by Beaver, Jim
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0399155643
- ISBN 13
- 9780399155642
- Seller
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Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Inscribed on the half-title with an inscription, a flamboyant signature and a quote from Thomas Wolfe. A memorable and poignant story.
Synopsis
Lifes That Way is a modern-day Book of Job. In August 2003, Jim Beaver, a character actor whom many know from the popular HBO series Deadwood, and his wife Cecily learned what they thought was the worst news possible their daughter Maddie was autistic. Then six weeks later the roof fell inCecily was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer. Jim immediately began writing a nightly e-mail as a way to keep more than one hundred family and friends up to date about Cecilys condition. Soon four thousand people a day, from all around the world, were receiving them. Initially a cathartic exercise for Jim, the prose turned into an unforgettable journey for his readers. Cecily died four months after being diagnosed, but Jim continued the e-mails for a year after her diagnosis, revealing how he and Maddie coped with Cecilys death and how they managed to move forward. Lifes That Way is a compilation of those nightly e-mails. Jims experience is universal for anybody who has lost a loved one. But Lifes That Way is not solely about loss. It is an immediate, day-by-day account of living through a nightmare but also of discovering the joy of a child, of being on the receiving end of unthinkable kindness, and of learning to navigate life anew. As Jim says, these are hard-won blessings. But then again, lifes that way.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 235SB
- Title
- Life's That Way: a Memoir
- Author
- Beaver, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Off-White paper boards and White cloth spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399155643
- ISBN 13
- 9780399155642
- Publisher
- Amy Einhorn Books
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 304
- Size
- 8 vo.
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Stillman Books
Biblio member since 2023
Coquitlam, British Columbia
About Stillman Books
After closing my most recent bookstore in White Rock, B.C., I have decided to sell strictly online for the foreseeable future. My inventory is heavy on
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
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