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Can I read Half a Life on EtoBox?
Half a Life by Darin Strauss is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Half a Life about?
“Half my life ago, I killed a girl.” So begins Darin Strauss’ Half a Life, the true story of how one outing in his father’s Oldsmobile resulted in the death of a classmate and the beginning of a different, darker life for the author. We follow Strauss as he explores his startling past — collision, funeral, the queasy drama of a high-stakes court case — and what starts as a personal tale of a tragic event opens into the story of how to live with a very hard fact: we can try our human best in the crucial moment, and it might not be good enough. Half a Life is a nakedly honest, ultimately hopeful examination of guilt, responsibility, and living with the past.
Who reads Half a Life?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Darin Strauss
- Publisher
- McSweeney's Publishing
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.23 / 5 (31 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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