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2553899Alice & Oliverhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/alice---oliver-9780812988475/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2132736/194e6911-976f-444e-be5b-637e27b49c15.jpg?v=638383553834300000127141MXNRandom House Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/2490257Alice & Oliver127141https://www.gandhi.com.mx/alice---oliver-9780812988475/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2132736/194e6911-976f-444e-be5b-637e27b49c15.jpg?v=638383553834300000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169780812988475_W3siaWQiOiJlNTYyMGM4Yy01NDNhLTQxN2QtYjdlZC03N2I1YWQ2OTIyNTQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE0MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjEyNywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDgtMTBUMDM6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780812988475_<p><strong>The award-winning and <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Beautiful Children</em> has created an unflinching yet deeply humane portrait of a young familys journey through a medical crisis, laying bare a couples love and fears as they fight for everything thats important to them.</strong></p><p>New York, 1993. Alice Culvert is a caring wife, a doting new mother, a loyal friend, and a soulful artista fashion designer who wears a baby carrier and haute couture with equal aplomb. In their loft in Manhattans gritty Meatpacking District, Alice and her husband, Oliver, are raising their infant daughter, Doe, delighting in the wonders of early parenthood.</p><p>Their life together feels so vital and full of promise, which makes Alices sudden cancer diagnosis especially staggering. In the span of a single day, the couples focus narrows to the basic question of her survival. Though they do their best to remain brave, each faces enormous pressure: Oliver tries to navigate a labyrinthine healthcare system and handle their mounting medical bills; Alice tries to be hopeful as her body turns against her. Bracing themselves for the unthinkable, they must confront the new realities of their marriage, their strengths as partners and flaws as people, how to nourish love against all odds, and what it means to truly care for another person.</p><p>Inspired by the authors life, <em>Alice & Oliver</em> is a deeply affecting novel written with stunning reserves of compassion, humor, and wisdom. Alice Culvert is an extraordinary charactera woman of incredible heart and spiritwho will remain in memory long after the final page.</p><p><strong>Praise for <em>Alice & Oliver</em></strong></p><p>This hauntingly powerful novel follows a familys fight for survival in the face of illness. A stirring elegy to a marriage.<strong><em>O: The Oprah Magazine</em></strong></p><p>A rewarding reading experience . . . a testament to the resilience of humans and our willingness to forgive.<strong><em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></strong></p><p>The novels power is in its two characters messy negotiation of their fears, errors and shifting affections. . . . Bock offers a forceful reminder that there are plenty of roiling emotions underneath that till-death-do-us-part.<strong><em>Los Angeles Times</em></strong></p><p>A heart-wrenching story of a young couple whose lives change when Alice gets diagnosed with cancer . . . a refreshingly unsentimental look at the vicious disease.<strong><em>Entertainment Weekly</em></strong></p><p><em>Alice & Oliver</em> has a tough-minded commitment to truth-telling.<strong><em>The Washington Post</em></strong></p><p>Even more than the meticulous details of drugs, treatments and side effects, Bocks tender portrayal of his characters in all their desolation gives <em>Alice & Oliver</em> its ring of truth. . . . I loved this novel.<strong>Marion Winik, <em>Newsday</em></strong></p><p><em>Alice & Oliver</em> shows that, even in a situation thats about as terrible as it can be, there can still exist happiness, surprise, and life, that strange strong spirit thats with us until the end.<strong><em>The Boston Globe</em></strong></p><p>The most honest, unsentimentally powerful novel about cancer that Ive ever read.<strong>Michael Christie, <em>The Globe & Mail</em></strong></p><p>Wrenchingly powerful . . . Bock chronicles the daily struggles of a young wife and mother facing her own imminent mortality. This is a soul portrait of a family in crisis, written with a fearless clarity and a deep understanding of the bonds that can hold two people together even in the darkest hour.<strong>Richard Price</strong></p>...(*_*)9780812988475_<p><strong>The award-winning and <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Beautiful Children</em> has created an unflinching yet deeply humane portrait of a young familys journey through a medical crisis, laying bare a couples love and fears as they fight for everything thats important to them.</strong></p><p>New York, 1993. Alice Culvert is a caring wife, a doting new mother, a loyal friend, and a soulful artista fashion designer who wears a baby carrier and haute couture with equal aplomb. In their loft in Manhattans gritty Meatpacking District, Alice and her husband, Oliver, are raising their infant daughter, Doe, delighting in the wonders of early parenthood.</p><p>Their life together feels so vital and full of promise, which makes Alices sudden cancer diagnosis especially staggering. In the span of a single day, the couples focus narrows to the basic question of her survival. Though they do their best to remain brave, each faces enormous pressure: Oliver tries to navigate a labyrinthine healthcare system and handle their mounting medical bills; Alice tries to be hopeful as her body turns against her. Bracing themselves for the unthinkable, they must confront the new realities of their marriage, their strengths as partners and flaws as people, how to nourish love against all odds, and what it means to truly care for another person.</p><p>Inspired by the authors life, <em>Alice & Oliver</em> is a deeply affecting novel written with stunning reserves of compassion, humor, and wisdom. Alice Culvert is an extraordinary charactera woman of incredible heart and spiritwho will remain in memory long after the final page.</p><p><strong>Praise for <em>Alice & Oliver</em></strong></p><p>This hauntingly powerful novel follows a familys fight for survival in the face of illness. A stirring elegy to a marriage.<strong><em>O: The Oprah Magazine</em></strong></p><p>A rewarding reading experience . . . a testament to the resilience of humans and our willingness to forgive.<strong><em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></strong></p><p>The novels power is in its two characters messy negotiation of their fears, errors and shifting affections. . . . Bock offers a forceful reminder that there are plenty of roiling emotions underneath that till-death-do-us-part.<strong><em>Los Angeles Times</em></strong></p><p>[A] heart-wrenching story of a young couple whose lives change when Alice gets diagnosed with cancer . . . a refreshingly unsentimental look at the vicious disease.<strong><em>Entertainment Weekly</em></strong></p><p><em>Alice & Oliver</em> [has a] tough-minded commitment to truth-telling.<strong><em>The Washington Post</em></strong></p><p>Even more than the meticulous details of drugs, treatments and side effects, Bocks tender portrayal of [his characters] in all their desolation gives [<em>Alice & Oliver</em>] its ring of truth. . . . I loved this novel.<strong>Marion Winik, <em>Newsday</em></strong></p><p><em>Alice & Oliver</em> shows that, even in a situation thats about as terrible as it can be, there can still exist happiness, surprise, and life, that strange strong spirit thats with us until the end.<strong><em>The Boston Globe</em></strong></p><p>The most honest, unsentimentally powerful novel about cancer that Ive ever read.<strong>Michael Christie, <em>The Globe & Mail</em></strong></p><p>Wrenchingly powerful . . . Bock chronicles the daily struggles of a young wife and mother facing her own imminent mortality. This is a soul portrait of a family in crisis, written with a fearless clarity and a deep understanding of the bonds that can hold two people together even in the darkest hour.<strong>Richard Price</strong></p>...9780812988475_Random House Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_8f7ab256-5142-3360-9b22-881862a10ea8_9780812988475;9780812988475_9780812988475Charles BockInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-09b8b0bf-cb51-4b54-97a0-4ac721c7dc35.epub2016-04-05T00:00:00+00:00Random House Publishing Group