The Cool Part of His Pillow
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1613725043 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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-- Shelly's Bookstore2014 1st Place Winner: GLBT (Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender) Fiction category of National Indie Excellence Book Awards. I loved (this) book. "An amazing storyremarkable charactersa love sonnet with new beginnings. One of my top books of the year." -- Scatteredthoughtsandroguewords"Funny, touching, beautifully writtenfeatures a colorful cast of characters, an original, engaging storyline and a narrator with incomparable wit." -- EDGERich and full and deeplike that very expensive bottle of wine you've been saving for a special occasion. Sadness harsh and softjoy and humor and unexpected funfilled with wit and brimming with beauty, thi
jeayci said 3.5 stars Review Summary: This is a story of grief and healing, NOT a romance. Once I accepted that and started to care about the character, I enjoyed it.Review: I was anticipating this story as one of metamorphosis, that we'd experience Rodney bursting from the cocoon of grief and learning how to live Happily Ever After as a butterfly. Instead, most of the story tak. .5 stars. Review Summary: This is a story of grief and healing, NOT a romance. Once I accepted that and started to care about the character, I enjoyed it.Review: I was anticipating this story as one of metamorphosis, that we'd experience Rodney bursting from the cocoon of grief and learning how to live Happily Ever After as a butterfly. Instead, most of the story tak. The best book I have ever read Everybody should read this book, after all we are all affected by grief sometime or other. I found this book to be funny, illuminating, heartbreaking and cathartic. I laughed, I cried and came out the other side feeling much more hopeful for the future.I loved the black sense of humour, the jokes in bad taste, the bitchiness and snark. The descriptions of p. Wonderful I had heard a lot about this book from my friends and a girlfriend finally sent me a copy. I am so glad I didn't read the back cover before I starting reading it, I didn't want to have to brace myself. I could actually see some of my own friends in the early parts by their characters. Potsy, Dee, Isaac and even Andy brought back so many giggles from my own
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