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Touching, funny and well written (

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chicjohn | Dec 3, 2009 |

Could not quite like it. Something missing. (

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ini_ya | Nov 7, 2009 |

Synopsis: Worried about the lack of success in his life, Harry Silver throws away all he didn't realise he had on the eve of his 30th birthday. Through his mistake, he learns that he did have a lot as it all disappears, and he begins to appreciate life through different eyes.
My Opinion: At first I thought this book was an autobiography, as all the characters are vivid and memories are vividly described. I am glad to have been on Harry Silver's journey with him as he learned how to live on past his mistake and learn important life lessons. (

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Moniica | Oct 1, 2009 |

I thought this was pretty terrible until I read the sequel. That was way worse.

relah | Sep 5, 2009 |

Light, fun read. Great beach book. Predicable, but aren't these books always? It was nice to read a chick lit book, written by a man for once :) (

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carmarie | May 19, 2009 |

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Series (with order)

Harry Silver (1)

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1999

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Harry Silver

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Awards and honors

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 192)

British Book Award (Book of the Year, 2001)

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For my mother

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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World - It's a boy, it's a boy! It's a little boy.

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Harry Silver has it all: a beautiful wife, a wonderful son, a great jobin the media - but in one night he throws it all away. Then Harry must start to learn what life and love are really about.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743225082, Paperback)

HE HAD TO FACE THE TOUGHEST JOB OF HIS LIFE. AND HE NEVER ONCE THOUGHT HE'D BE ON HIS OWN.

Harry had it all: a beautiful wife, an adorable four-year-old son, and a high-paying media job. But on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, with one irresponsible act, he threw it all away. Suddenly he finds himself an unemployed single father trying to figure out how to wash his son's hair the way Mommy did and whether green spaghetti is proper breakfast food. This brilliantly engaging novel will tug at your heart as Harry learns to become a father to his son and a son to his aging father, takes stabs at finding new love, and makes the hardest decision of his life.

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