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American Library Association Notable Book In the spirit of #1 New York Times bestseller The Fault in Our Stars , a "lovely, touching book" (Alexander McCall Smith) about two estranged brothers who come together when one of them discovers he has a brain tumor and the other emerges as his caretaker. This is the life: Not the one you thought you had yesterday. Or the one that might not be here tomorrow. Just this one. Here and now... This is the story of Louis, who never quite fit in, and of his younger brother, who always tried to tag along. As they got older, they grew apart. And as they got older still, one of them got cancer, and the other became his caretaker. Then they became close again, two brothers on one final journey together, wading through the stuff that's thicker than water. Told in anecdotes as his brother remembers them, we discover who this cranky, cancerous Louis once was. That before his brain surgery he had a mind that was said to be bigger than the rest of the family's put together, and that his heart was—and still is—just as big. That it's hard getting a haircut with a brain tumor, and that it does no good to help your brother memorize a PIN number when he m

Who reads This Is the Life : A Novel?

Author

Alex Shearer

Publisher

Atria Books

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781476764405

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.48 / 5 (229 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14