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The End of Your Life Book Club
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The End of Your Life Book Club Paperback - 2013

by Will Schwalbe

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Will Schwalbe has worked in publishing (most recently as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of Hyperion Books); new media, as founder of Cookstr.com; and as a journalist, writing for such publications as the New York Times and the South China Morning Post. He is on the board of Yale University Press and the Kingsborough Community College Foundation. He is the co-author with David Shipley of Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do It Better.

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  • Title The End of Your Life Book Club
  • Author Will Schwalbe
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage Books Canada, 2013
  • Date 2013-06-04
  • ISBN 9780307399670 / 0307399672
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

Praise for The End of Your Life Book Club:
"[A] touching account of the life of letters Schwalbe shared with his inspiring mother.... Extraordinary."
—Kirkus Reviews

"A graceful, affecting testament to a mother and a life well lived."
—Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)

"A tender, beautiful, life-affirming book that all book lovers will embrace."
—Vincent Lam, author of The Headmaster's Wager

"With a refreshing forthrightness and an excellent list of books included, this is an astonishing, pertinent and wonderfully welcome work."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About the author

Will Schwalbe has worked in publishing (most recently as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of Hyperion Books); new media, as founder of Cookstr.com; and as a journalist, writing for such publications as the New York Times and the South China Morning Post. He is on the board of Yale University Press and the Kingsborough Community College Foundation. He is the co-author with David Shipley of Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do It Better.

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