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The Deal of a Lifetime : a Novella by Fredrik Backman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Deal of a Lifetime : a Novella about?
"Holiday novella about a man who sacrificed his family in the single-minded pursuit of success and the courageous little girl fighting for her life who crosses his path. It all begins with a father telling a story to his son on Christmas Eve. But this isn't your typical Christmas story. The father admits to his son that he's taken a life but he won't say whose--not yet. One week earlier, in a hospital late at night, the man met a five-year-old girl with cancer. She's a smart kid--smart enough to know that she won't beat cancer by drawing with crayons all day, but it seems to make the adults happy, so she keeps doing it. As the man tells his son about this plucky little girl, he slowly reveals more about himself: while he may be a successful businessman, idolized by the media and his peers, he knows he failed as a parent. Overwhelmed by the responsibility of fatherhood, he took the easy way out and left his wife and little boy twenty years ago to pursue professional success. Now he is left wondering if it's too late to forge a relationship with his son, who seems to be his opposite in every way--prizing happiness over money, surrounded by loving friends in a cozy town where he feels
Who reads The Deal of a Lifetime : a Novella?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Fredrik Backman
- Publisher
- Atria Books / Simon and Schuster
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501193507
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Psychology
- Rating
- 3.95 / 5 (499 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14