One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper audiobook

One Last Thing Before I Go: A Novel

By Jonathan Tropper
Read by John Shea

Penguin Audio 9781611761191
8.31 Hours Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9781101579350

Following the New York Times bestseller This Is Where I Leave You, Jonathan Tropper’s latest novel is a moving, funny look at one broken family’s attempt to reconnectwithout destroying each other in the process. Silver has begun to accept that life isn’t going to turn out as he expected. His ex-wife is about to marry a terrific guy Silver can’t quite bring himself to hate. And his Princeton-bound teenage daughter Casey has just confided in him that she’s pregnant—because he’s the one she cares least about letting down. With the wedding looming and Casey in crisis, this broken family struggles, bonds, and comes together only to risk damaging each other even more. Lives begin anew, change radically, or in Silver’s case—as he discovers that he could die at any moment without an operation he refuses to have—may be about to end in an instant. One Last Thing Before I Go demonstrates yet again Tropper’s deft touch with the darkest of materials and his ability to make readers laugh out loud in one paragraph and move them to tears in the next.

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Summary

Summary

A New York Times bestseller

A USA Today bestseller

A Los Angeles Times bestseller

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books: 10 Best Novels for Summer Reading, 2013

An 2013 ALA Notable Book for Fiction

Following the New York Times bestseller This Is Where I Leave You, Jonathan Tropper’s latest novel is a moving, funny look at one broken family’s attempt to reconnectwithout destroying each other in the process. Silver has begun to accept that life isn’t going to turn out as he expected. His ex-wife is about to marry a terrific guy Silver can’t quite bring himself to hate. And his Princeton-bound teenage daughter Casey has just confided in him that she’s pregnant—because he’s the one she cares least about letting down. With the wedding looming and Casey in crisis, this broken family struggles, bonds, and comes together only to risk damaging each other even more. Lives begin anew, change radically, or in Silver’s case—as he discovers that he could die at any moment without an operation he refuses to have—may be about to end in an instant.

One Last Thing Before I Go demonstrates yet again Tropper’s deft touch with the darkest of materials and his ability to make readers laugh out loud in one paragraph and move them to tears in the next.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

One Last Thing Before I Go is hilarious. Like Tropper’s exceptional last novel, This is Where I Leave You, it’s a heartfelt look at irreparable mistakes and damaged masculinity that balances its bleak circumstances with dark humor.” Entertainment Weekly
“The book pivots between farce and despair, and Silver is a devastating portrait of postdivorce loneliness and horniness. There’s a crackling buddy dynamic between father and daughter, leading to some truly moving moments, and the peripheral characters are wonderful, from Silver’s rabbi father to his poolside buddies.” Boston Globe
“Affecting, darkly funny…Tropper has created a character so hapless and endearing and a story so compelling that the reader can’t help but take the journey with Silver—no matter where it leads.” Miami Herald
“Tropper’s characters are likably zany and fallible, and perhaps more important, funny. One Last Thing Before I Go is a poignant story about facing death and celebrating life, even when things seem well beyond repair.” Daily Beast
“John Shea, who delivers an understated reading that perfectly captures the heart of Tropper’s tale, skillfully narrates this heartbreaking and emotional journey. Shea’s Silver is resolute yet fragile. His narration is simple and straightforward, but also demonstrates the narrator’s ability to modulate his voice to capture a variety of emotions.” Publishers Weekly (audio review)
“The richly talent Tropper has created an acerbic, middle-aged lost soul who will ultimately illuminate the reasons we stick around on this lopsided planet despite significant temptation to let it go. Readers will love Silver and want to throttle him in equal measure. Eminently quotable, hilariously funny, and emotionally draining, this arresting tour de force will entertain well after the book is done.” Library Journal (starred review)
“Tropper is a master of the mid-life male coming-of-age story, and his latest is full of the charm and wit his readers cherish.” Booklist
“Tropper entertainingly examines the angst of middle-age masculinity as he looks at Silver, a man both growing up and growing old.” Kirkus Reviews

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Author Bio: Jonathan Tropper

Author Bio: Jonathan Tropper

Jonathan Tropper is the author of How to Talk to a Widower, Everything Changes, The Book of Joe, Plan B, and This Is Where I Leave You. He lives with his family in Westchester, New York, where he teaches writing at Manhattanville College.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Runtime: 8.31
Audience: Adult
Language: English