Showing posts with label joshua. Show all posts
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Just Don't Fall by Josh Sundquist


When Josh was nine years old, he was told that he had cancer and one of his legs would have to be amputated. Even as a young boy, Josh proved that he is a fighter. When he decided to become a ski racer, he didn't let anyone or anything stand in his way. His determination is remarkable and his story is a positive affirmation that life is what we make it.

My heart goes out to Josh. He is a true hero, who has such an uplifting voice that can change your life and make you realize that you too can make your dreams a reality.

Book Information:
Just Don't Fall by Josh Sundquist
Penguin Group (USA)
9780670021468
January 2010
336 pages
$25.95 US

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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Wanted: The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris



Product Description (taken from here):

He was going to lose the house and everything in it.


The rare pleasure of a bath, the copper pots hanging above the kitchen island, his family-again he would

lose his family. He stood inside the house and took stock. Everything in it had been taken for granted. How had that happened again? He had promised himself not to take anything for granted and now he couldn't recall the moment that promise had given way to the everyday.


Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, aging with the grace of a matinee idol. His wife Jane still loves him, and for all its quiet trials, their marriage is still stronger than most. Despite long hours at the office, he remains passionate about his work, and his partnership at a prestigious Manhattan law firm means that the work he does is important. And, even as his daughter Becka retreats behind her guitar, her dreadlocks and her puppy fat, he offers her every one of a father's honest lies about her being the most beautiful girl in the world.

He loves his wife, his family, his work, his home. He loves his kitchen. And then one day he stands up and walks out. And keeps walking.

THE UNNAMED is a dazzling novel about a marriage and a family and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten them both. It is the heartbreaking story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is abruptly and irrevocably taken a
way.

Book Information:
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
Little, Brown & Company
9780316034012
January 18, 2010
313 pages
$24.99 US



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