- Paperback: 215 pages
- Publisher: Marion Lloyd Books (7 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1407104993
- ISBN-13: 978-1407104997
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 346,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukaemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer. WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER is the first novel from an extraordinarily talented young writer. Funny and honest, it is one of the most powerful and uplifting books you will ever read.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everyone should read this!,
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This review is from: Ways To Live Forever (Paperback)
I read this book in one sitting whilst waiting for a visa in the Ugandan Embassy: I was so engrossed and had eyes so full of tears that I failed to notice when my ticket number was called, despite the 4 hour wait.
Ways to Live Forever is one of the most honest books I have ever read - it is hard to remember that it is a work of fiction when the characters seem so real. Sam is dying of leukaemia yet somehow his story is neither tragic nor sentimental. As an 11-year-old, Sam is keen to find out as much about death as he can: his list of Questions Nobody Will Answer is testimony to how uncomfortable the subject is for the adults in Sam's life. Yet Sam is practical, and curious about his fate, and determined not to waste any of the time he has left. This book takes a taboo subject and shines a bright light straight at it: if a death is imminent, then don't try and pretend it won't happen. Ways to Live Forever is funny in a way that will make you repeatedly laugh out loud, uplifting and extraordinarily powerful. Sally Nicholls has a rare talent. I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, moving ...,
By Roo "Roo" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ways To Live Forever (Paperback)
I read this with trepidation, I know the premise of the book and was worried that it was going to be a depressing look at a child's struggle with leukaemia.
I'm a nurse and I have looked after lots of people with this disease and have seen the great outcomes and the sad outcomes too. This book for me 'humanised' the illness, it made me obviously sad, laugh in places, cry, but it touched my heart so much so, that I've encouraged my friends (and nursing colleagues) to read this as it lends you a deeper perspective of day to day life with a life threatening illness. It's not all pills, drips, injections and medicalisation. It's dreams, relationships and the simple joys that a single day can hold. The best thing about this book is that it made me hug my three children even tighter than usual, feel immensely grateful for what I have and appreciate the daily struggles that my patients and families deal with. To make you grateful for a single day is reason enough to read this book, go for it, you will not be disappointed!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a wonderful book,
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This review is from: Ways To Live Forever (Paperback)
I was lucky to get a copy before publication through work, my wife teaches and took it first and came downstairs raving about it and made me and my 12 year old daughter read it! I have read it twice now and I still cried twice. Sally really has a wonderful ability to write with such feeling and reality, her clever use of reality within the story draws you deeper into the lives you are reading about. The message is so positive, but you will shed a tear or two. I had Sally visit our local school and talk to the children and she received the most tremendous reponse, we have put the book up for our book of the month with the reading club in Formby and have sold over 100 in 3 weeks. I would recommend every school in the country to take a copy and get it read, it helps with all sorts of issues and makes you think about what you can still do with your life, however much is left, live it as best you can. I can't wait for her new book and hope some of you take my word and that of other reviews for this gem.
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