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| Original Title: | Life's That Way: A Memoir |
| ISBN: | 0399155643 (ISBN13: 9780399155642) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Jim Beaver, Cecily Adams, Madeline Beaver |
Jim Beaver
Hardcover | Pages: 303 pages Rating: 4.52 | 1249 Users | 286 Reviews
Identify Of Books Life's That Way
| Title | : | Life's That Way |
| Author | : | Jim Beaver |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 303 pages |
| Published | : | April 16th 2009 by Putnam Adult |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography |
Description As Books Life's That Way
A special book about the end of one life and the beginning of another.Life's That Way is a modern-day Book of Job. In August 2003, Jim Beaver, a character actor whom many know from the popular HBO series Deadwood, and his wife Cecily learned what they thought was the worst news possible- their daughter Maddie was autistic. Then six weeks later the roof fell in-Cecily was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer.
Jim immediately began writing a nightly e-mail as a way to keep more than one hundred family and friends up to date about Cecily's condition. Soon four thousand people a day, from all around the world, were receiving them. Initially a cathartic exercise for Jim, the prose turned into an unforgettable journey for his readers.
Cecily died four months after being diagnosed, but Jim continued the e-mails for a year after her diagnosis, revealing how he and Maddie coped with Cecily's death and how they managed to move forward. Life's That Way is a compilation of those nightly e-mails. Jim's experience is universal for anybody who has lost a loved one. But Life's That Way is not solely about loss. It is an immediate, day-by-day account of living through a nightmare but also of discovering the joy of a child, of being on the receiving end of unthinkable kindness, and of learning to navigate life anew. As Jim says, these are hard-won blessings. But then again, life's that way.
Rating Of Books Life's That Way
Ratings: 4.52 From 1249 Users | 286 ReviewsCritique Of Books Life's That Way
This was a very painful but worthwhile read for me.I needed something to read ,spotted this in memoirs, and just grabbed it. Having recently lost both my younger brother and sister within a year,my 2 good friends of forty years and my mother seven months ago it has been rough.All this loss and all from cancer within 16 months somedays is too much to bear. Two quotes which stuck with me:Joy and sorrow are inseparable...Together they come and when one sits alone with you...Remember the other isThis is a hard review for me to write. I should preface this review by saying a couple things. Firstly, I don't tend to read non-fiction books. I prefer fantasy to real-life when I am reading. Secondly, I sought out this book originally because I, like many other readers, am a Supernatural fan. I have always loved the character Jim plays, Bobby Singer. Thirdly, I never thought that I would willingly read a book that deals with this kind of real life loss.This book is written in real time, so
In "Deadwood," the second best TV show ever made, Calamity Jane said, "Every day takes figuring out all over again how to fuckin' live," and I thought about that line when I read this this memoir by another Deadwood actor. Jim Beaver is an excellent writer; his book is plain-spoken, funny, grueling, and impossible to put down, with none of the show-offy-ness of a lot of the so-called "literary" memoirs I've been reading lately. And I'd like to read a follow-up in about five years, just to see
4.5 starsJim Beaver is an actor. Some might know him from Deadwood; I know him from Supernatural. This is a memoir, but it's not about his career. It's much more personal. In 2003, his 2-year old daughter, Maddie, was diagnosed with autism. Two months later, his wife, Cecily, was diagnosed with cancer. Two days after Cecily's diagnosis, Jim sat down to write an email to friends and family to tell them what was going on. He emailed those friends and family daily after that. This book compiles a
There are no words that can begin to describe this book. I read it in a single sitting, unable to put it down, and needed a box of tissues beside me because I cried at least twice.What Jim did is take an incredibly painful experience and help us, his readers, not only understand what he was going through, but we also experienced it with him.His writing is eloquent and he speaks straight from the heart. You don't have to be famous to understand what he went through. It's something all of us have
Jim Beaver is, amongst other things, an actor, best known for his roles as Ellsworth in Deadwood and Bobby Singer on Supernatural, but you might also have seen him in some random TV show or movie. I'm a big Supernatural fan and bought this book on a whim from Beaver's website, where I'd read an extract. The came signed with the most endearing dedication written in incorrect adorable German. I literally had no expectations about the book, only knowing it was a memoir of sorts. It turned out not
Absolutely heart-wrenchingly beautiful.Jim Beaver's Life's That Way is an amazing book, filled with heartache, joy, triumphs and losses. I fully admit that in the beginning, I only wished to read the book because Mr. Beaver plays a popular character on my favourite show, Supernatural, but I assure you, within the first couple of pages, I completely forgot about the actor, and focused on the man.Life's That Way is a collection of nightly e-mails that Jim began after his wife, Cecily, was
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