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"Humorous...but also poignant and moving -- I had tears in my eyes on more than one occasion" -- Philip Wicks The Bookseller "consistently witty, often insightful and full of strong and engaging characters" -- Toby Clements Daily Telegraph "Sad, funny, brilliant, How to Talk to a Widower is one of the great books of the season" Evening Herald
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"It's a wise-cracking, darkly comic tale, yet beneath its raucous plot lies a heartfelt meditation on love and loss."
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If this book is based on fiction it is simply unbelievable. The feelings one goes through after having lost ones wife/husband/friend/companion are really written as if Jonathan Tropper has experienced such a loss. I don't know if he has, but I can only recommend this book to anyone who has to continue life after death of his or her dearest. Tropper puts words to your own emotions and puts a smile on your lips.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I absolutely loved this.
It's such a wonderfully written book that describes what life can be like when an event you expect to happen when you are much further on in your life suddenly hits you like a thunderbolt when you're still a young person.
Doug is a 29 year old widower and this is the story of his life 12 months after losing his wife. Andrew Tropper beautifully describes Doug's emotions - the conflict and guilt he feels not wanting to let of his life with Hailey yet knowing he must build a new future without her. His relationships with his family, friends and step-son are described with a dry wit and humour in almost every encounter.
The comparison of his own situation with his mothers is brilliantly done -Doug has lost his partner completely, his mother mourns the loss of a little piece of her husband every day. Whose situation is worse?
Like the other reviewers I thought this might be a bit high brow and a bit moralistic. But it's neither. It's just a great book about what it really means to love someone and what it feels like when you lose them - all done with a cleverly crafted comic touch
It's such a wonderfully written book that describes what life can be like when an event you expect to happen when you are much further on in your life suddenly hits you like a thunderbolt when you're still a young person.
Doug is a 29 year old widower and this is the story of his life 12 months after losing his wife. Andrew Tropper beautifully describes Doug's emotions - the conflict and guilt he feels not wanting to let of his life with Hailey yet knowing he must build a new future without her. His relationships with his family, friends and step-son are described with a dry wit and humour in almost every encounter.
The comparison of his own situation with his mothers is brilliantly done -Doug has lost his partner completely, his mother mourns the loss of a little piece of her husband every day. Whose situation is worse?
Like the other reviewers I thought this might be a bit high brow and a bit moralistic. But it's neither. It's just a great book about what it really means to love someone and what it feels like when you lose them - all done with a cleverly crafted comic touch
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I absolutely loved this darkly wry and clever novel. From the beginning, this book was easy to read; it was fluid and smooth and the writing was crisp and refreshing. There were so many elements that made this book work, which is why it will appeal to such a wide range of people. I loved Doug's gritty addiction to Jack Daniels and his distracted intolerance of his crazy family and errant stepson. But at the same time, I loved the heartfelt message the book was sending; the sentimental and heartbreaking scenes of emotional unrest as Doug tries to come to terms with his wife's tragic death.
This has been described as lad-lit, and while i think it fits that category well, i think females of all ages will also become addicted to this fresh and versatile novel.
This has been described as lad-lit, and while i think it fits that category well, i think females of all ages will also become addicted to this fresh and versatile novel.
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Great Read!
Read in a day. I laughed and didn't cry, but took a lot from this book. It was sharp and funny, and very, very true. I'd recommend it totally!
Published 11 months ago by Papap94
HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER
This is such a clever and well written book.From the very beginning you are caught up in the storyline of a devastated young man who has lost his wife,the grief he feels, his... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Amanda
How to talk to a widdower
The title sounds like a self help book so I didn't pick it up for ages, but found it poignant and very funny by turns.
Published 12 months ago by Francesca
How not to talk to a widower
It's tempting to negate the title of this story. Doug's wife Hailey dies in a plane crash after two years of marriage, sending him into a spiral of self-pity and drinking. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Jeremy Walton
Good in places
This book feels, maybe not written by numbers, but manufactured. There are some overwritten patches, anything to do with sex and the pages dealing with the grief the central... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Smallstar
Surprisingly good...
This book is one of the Richard and Judy book club books, so it was exactly what I expected it to be - but thats not a critism. It was well written, and it was sad, of course. Read more
Published 19 months ago by miss_spookiness
Not my style!
Just two years after marriage at the age of twenty-six to a woman ten years his senior Doug Parker finds himself a widower. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by LindyLouMac
Wonderful book
I loved this book. It had me laughing out loud, and it had me with tears in my eyes, sometimes at the same time. There were some truely womderful moments. Read more
Published on 4 May 2010 by shainee
Poignant but darkly humourous
This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It is an easy read in the sense that the story flows very well. You don't feel like you have missed something. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by Bookworm Lisa
How to Talk To a Widower - 2010
What can I say, absolutely fantastic book!
I started it on Monday after work and was finished on Wednesday night, I just couldn't put it down. Read more
I started it on Monday after work and was finished on Wednesday night, I just couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by Ms. P. Kay
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