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Life on the Refrigerator Door (Paperback)

by Alice Kuipers (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (1 Aug 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330456458
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330456456
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 35,539 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Guaranteed to make you cry. --Sunday Express --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Mom, I went to the store. See inside the fridge. I watered the plants. I cleaned out Peter's cage. I tidied the sitting room. And the kitchen. And I did the washing up. I'm going to bed. Your live-in servant, Claire. "Life on the Refrigerator Door" is told exclusively through notes exchanged by Claire and her mother, Elizabeth, during the course of a life-altering year. Their story builds to an emotional crescendo when Elizabeth is diagnosed with breast cancer. Stunningly sad but ultimately uplifting, this is a clever, moving, and original portrait of the relationship between a daughter and mother. It is about how we live our lives constantly rushing, and never making time for those we love. It is also an elegy to how much can be said in so few words, if only we made the time to say them.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Emotional, 27 Aug 2007
By Helen Simpson (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life on the Refrigerator Door (Hardcover)
I wasn't sure I was going to like the note style of writing but it was actually very easy to read. Because you can read the book in 20 minutes it almost doesn't feel like a 'proper' book. However it has both a story and characters who I found engaging.

It gives an insight into a relationship between a mother and her 15 year old daughter, not just a glimpse of their everyday lives but their worries and concerns when the mother has a health scare. The author captures the confusing and conflicting emotions both of them experience and although short, it's to the point and gets across what I feel was intended; Not only to appreciate and enjoy those we sometimes take for granted but also to communicate with each other. That doesn't mean just telling someone we love them but appreciating that we need to share our happiness and our inner worries with them too sometimes.

It made me cry (I think you'd have to be made of stone not to be moved by it), but maybe the last couple of pages were over too quickly because I would have liked to have felt more uplifted by it.

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written and unforgettable, 17 Sep 2007
By John W (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life on the Refrigerator Door (Hardcover)
This is the saddest but also most uplifting book I have read in some time. The writing is spare but incredibly powerful. It's about a busy doctor and her 15-year-old daughter who don't make enough time for each other, but what they don't know is that time is running out on them. I read it, cried, reread it, and cried again. I would absolutely recommend this as a present for any woman in your life -- grandma, mother, daughter, sister or friends -- as it is heartfelt and thought-provoking without being overly sentimental. And the cover is exquisitely beautiful.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the most simple things can mean so much., 19 Oct 2007
By Ms. R. E. Parton "quackquack_29" (Blymhill,Staffordshire,United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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this book was so moving- even though it was just little notes from mother to daughter, i found that the message was that the smallest things can mean so much, and that we don't always have the chance to say what we really feel, until the person we love is slipping away.
Very moving book, i loved it so much!. It was so good that i could not put it down.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Life on the refrigerator door
Excellent book - useful to me professionally and personally. Made me weep in places!It arrived speedily and in good condition.
Published 4 days ago by A. H. Stokes

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, really touching
Life on the Refrigerator Door
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual, honest and deeply moving
What an interesting little book this turned out to be. It caught my eye because it's a bright pink little hardback with a ribbon page marker in it, and flicking through it I could... Read more
Published 8 days ago by E. Potten

4.0 out of 5 stars Too short, but a great read!
I read this book in a half an hour. It's a really quick read if you read books regularly, but perhaps a better read for those who are slower. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Dana Beaton

3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, but ended too quickly
I really liked the idea of this book, being that you could sit down and read it in one quick sitting. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ceci

4.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreaking!
Life on the Refrigerator Door is a brief but poignant read. I usually avoid subjects like this because, quite frankly, the death of a parent scares the hell out of me. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jenny, Wondrous Reads

4.0 out of 5 stars Achingly sad but beautiful
What a sad, touching book, that made me cry. The story is told through notes written by both mother and daugher, Claire, in the hardest year of their life - when Claire's Mum was... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ms. K. Marsh

4.0 out of 5 stars i loved this book!
i loved this book. It was one of those books that you can't put down and, because it was so short, I finished it in one day but then I regretted reading it so fast because it was... Read more
Published 4 months ago

4.0 out of 5 stars Short But Accurate
What an interesting concept/premise for a novel. A single mother and her daughter communicate solely through notes stuck to the titular refrigerator door. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Graceann Macleod

5.0 out of 5 stars Brought back memories......................
I loved this book because it reminded me of when our daughters were younger and we used to leave each other messages on the fridge. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kathy

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