Lola Jaye

By the Time You Read This

Buch

When he discovered that he had only six months to live, thirty-year-old Kevin Bates picked up his pen and wrote The Manual—advice for his five-year-old daughter, Lois, to live by, laugh at, and follow from twelve until thirty. Seven years later, when Lois is given The Manual, she can barely bring herself to read her father's words, the pain of his loss is still so raw. Yet soon Kevin's advice is guiding her through every stage of life from teen angst to career arcs, to knowing when she's at long last met the one. While The Manual can never be a substitute for having Kevin back, the words left behind become Lois's steady support through all of… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-173383-3
EAN: 9780061733833
Produktnummer: 19441105
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.2 cm 236 g
Gewicht: 236

Über den Autor

Lola Jaye was born and raised in London, England, where she still makes her home; she has also lived briefly in Nigeria. By the Time You Read This—Lola's first U.S. novel—was published by HarperCollins in 2009. Her inspirational essay Reaching for the Stars: How You Can Make Your Dreams Come True, in which she charted her journey from foster child to author, was released in 2009 as part of the U.K.'s wildly popular Quick Reads program.