Life on the Refrigerator Door

Name: Life on the Refrigerator Door
Brand: Gardners Books Ltd
SKU: 9781509801879
Price: 27.99 NZD
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By Alice Kuipers

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Summary

Life on the Refrigerator Door unfolds through a series of notes exchanged between Claire and her mother, Elizabeth, over the course of a life-changing year. Their touching correspondence reveals the deep bond between mother and daughter, especially as Elizabeth is diagnosed with breast cancer. The novel captures the urgency of life and the preciousness of communication, delivering a powerful and emotionally charged story.
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A simultaneously heartbreaking and heart-warming novel by Alice Kuipers.

A simultaneously heartbreaking and heart-warming novel by Alice Kuipers.

Description

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, seldom 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. A new edition of this simultaneously heartbreaking and heart-warming novel by Alice Kuipers.

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Sugarscape describes the book as "Funny and sad and beautiful and shocking all at once," highlighting its emotional complexity and impact.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509801879

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 July 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 166g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Alice Kuipers was born in London in 1979. She studied at Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan Universities. In 2003, she moved to Saskatoon, Canada, where she now lives with her partner, Yann Martel. Life on the Refrigerator Door was her first novel.

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