This is the Life

Alex Shearer

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Harper Collins
23 February 2015

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Even when you have received a death sentence, you still have to live...

Life just seems like a big party sometimes, at which we all gradually get edged to the door, and then we are out in the cold. But the party continues without us. This is the story of Louis, who never quite fitted in, and of his younger brother who always tagged along. Two brothers on one final journey together, wading through the stuff that is thicker than water.

Tender-hearted, at times achingly funny, This is the Life is a moving testimony to both the resilience of the human spirit and to the price of strawberries.

By: Alex Shearer
Imprint: Harper Collins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780007529735
ISBN 10: 0007529732
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 23 February 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alex Shearer was born in Wick in the north of Scotland, and now lives in Somerset. He has written for television, radio, film and the stage and is the author of many books for children, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize shortlisted The Speed of the Dark. Several of Alex's novels have become films and TV series, all over the world; one became both a manga comic and a full length anime film in Japan. His books have been translated into many different languages.

Reviews for This is the Life

`This is a lovely touching book. The subject is a poignant one, handled with tact, insight and, most of all, with love' Alexander McCall Smith `Beautifully done... A fine book on mortality and siblinghood' Broadcaster Libby Purves