| A Parting Gift Contributor(s): Erickson, Ben (Author) |
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ISBN: 0446525308 ISBN-13: 9780446525305 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: When 17-year-old Josh Bell meets 84-year-old William Davis, an unusual friendship develops between the old man in the last months of his life and a young boy unsure of his future and place in the world. Enlisted to help Davis write his memoir, Josh learns lessons of life, love, and friendship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99043018 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.72" W x 8.84" (1.09 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Josh is 17 years old when he is enlisted to help an old man write his memoirs. Beautifully evoking ordinary life, A Parting Gift explores such fundamental puzzles as how to live one's life, the reason for existence and the nature of God. |