Alice & Oliver
Subtitle: a novel
By: Charles Bock
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9781400068388
Subjects: Patients; Married women; Terminally ill; Cancer; Fiction
Other titles: Alice and Oliver
Description: "Alice Culvert is a force: passionate, independent, smart, and gorgeous, she--to her delight--attracts attention wherever she goes, even amid the buzz of mid-90s New York. In knee-high boots, with her newborn daughter, Doe, strapped to her chest, Alice is one of those people who just seem so vividly alive, which makes her cancer diagnosis feel almost incongruous. How could such a being not go on? But all at once, Alice's existence, and that of her husband Oliver, is reduced to a single purpose: survival. As they combat the disease, the couple must also face off against the serpentine healthcare system, the good intentions of loved ones, and the deep, dangerous stressors that threaten to push the two of them apart. With veracity, humor, wisdom, and love, Charles Bock navigates one family's unforgettable story - inspired by his own"--