The Deal of a Lifetime
A Novella
By Fredrik Backman
Read by Santino Fontana
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About The Book
In this short story enhanced with beautiful illustrations, the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, Beartown, and Anxious People delivers an insightful and poignant tale about finding out what is truly important in life.
A father and a son are seeing each other for the first time in years. The father has a story to share before it’s too late. He tells his son about a courageous little girl lying in a hospital bed a few miles away. She’s a smart kid—smart enough to know that she won’t beat cancer by drawing with crayons all day, but it seems to make the adults happy, so she keeps doing it.
As he talks about this plucky little girl, the father also reveals more about himself: his triumphs in business, his failures as a parent, his past regrets, his hopes for the future.
Now, on a cold winter’s night, the father has been given an unexpected chance to do something remarkable that could change the destiny of a little girl he hardly knows. But before he can make the deal of a lifetime, he must find out what his own life has actually been worth, and only his son can reveal that answer.
With humor and compassion, Fredrik Backman’s The Deal of a Lifetime reminds us that life is a fleeting gift, and our legacy rests in how we share that gift with others.
A father and a son are seeing each other for the first time in years. The father has a story to share before it’s too late. He tells his son about a courageous little girl lying in a hospital bed a few miles away. She’s a smart kid—smart enough to know that she won’t beat cancer by drawing with crayons all day, but it seems to make the adults happy, so she keeps doing it.
As he talks about this plucky little girl, the father also reveals more about himself: his triumphs in business, his failures as a parent, his past regrets, his hopes for the future.
Now, on a cold winter’s night, the father has been given an unexpected chance to do something remarkable that could change the destiny of a little girl he hardly knows. But before he can make the deal of a lifetime, he must find out what his own life has actually been worth, and only his son can reveal that answer.
With humor and compassion, Fredrik Backman’s The Deal of a Lifetime reminds us that life is a fleeting gift, and our legacy rests in how we share that gift with others.
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MAY 10
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Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library
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800 Vine St
CINCINNATI, OH 45202
MAY 12
18:30:00
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Montgomery Bell Academy Paschall Theater
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4001 Harding Pike
Nashville, TN 37205
MAY 13
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Dallas Museum of Arts -Arts & Letters Series
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1717 N Harwood St
Dallas, TX 75201
MAY 14
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MAY 16
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Cuyahoga County Public Library
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Parma-Snow Branch | Sari Feldman Theater
2121 Snow Road
Parma, OH 44134
MAY 17
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About The Reader
Santino Fontana
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio (October 31, 2017)
- Length: 96 pages
- Runtime: 47 minutes
- ISBN13: 9781508253433
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