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My Name Is Joe (2010)

by Stefan Bourque(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1453843078 (ISBN13: 9781453843079)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Createspace

review 1: Redemption! This book is all about redemption and choices made and friendship and altruism. The book is really more of a novella (I read it in just a couple of hours) and definitely a tearjerker. It is the story of a man stricken with terminal cancer and what he discovers about himself as he prepares to die. Did I truly believe the story about bringing together his neighborhood with a carnival? Not so much. But that was the plot point that enabled him to find his redemption and to connect (finally) with another human being. Again - the plot point of this stranger, this woman and her son, taking over his care was a bit far fetched but that was her redemption. I liked the writing - I liked reading a feel good story at the holiday season (though the downer cancer story almost... more caused me to quit the book around page 10) - and I very much liked the underlying plot points. One - we need others in our lives to be complete and two - "These are our somedays."
review 2: An incredibly moving story about a man told he was about to die and the power of human kindness. Stefan Bourque wrote a beautiful, heartwarming story. It was a wonderful read - in the first part of the book, you just read Joe's thoughts as he faces his dying alone - you really understand what it was like for a person facing a terminal diagnosis. Then he gives himself a going away party and in the process found a wonderfully caring individual that truly helped Joe through his final days, but she also got some redemption in return. You can never really plan your life because there is another force that is guiding you where you really need to go - one of my favorite quotes from the book is ""so I guess it was time to stop making plans, to cease my force of will upon the Universe and instead let it guide me."I really enjoyed this book , and I would recommend this book to everyone. It is a short book so it won't take you too long! less

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