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Through a Glass, Darkly

Jostein Gaarder

3.8/5 ( ratings)

It's almost Christmas. Cecilia lies sick in bed as her family bustle around her to make her last Christmas as special as possible. Cecilia has cancer. An angel steps through her window. So begins a spirited and engaging series of conversations between Cecelia and her angel. As the sick girl thinks about her life and prepares for her death, she changes subtly, in herself and in her relationships with her family. Jostein Gaarder is a profoundly optimistic writer, who writes about death with wisdom, compassion and an enquiring mind. 'Through a Glass, Darkly' will not only bring comfort to the bereaved. It will move and amaze everyone who reads it.

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

Release: November 04, 1999

ISBN: 1858817692

ISBN 13: 9781858817699

Through a Glass, Darkly

Jostein Gaarder

3.8/5 ( ratings)

It's almost Christmas. Cecilia lies sick in bed as her family bustle around her to make her last Christmas as special as possible. Cecilia has cancer. An angel steps through her window. So begins a spirited and engaging series of conversations between Cecelia and her angel. As the sick girl thinks about her life and prepares for her death, she changes subtly, in herself and in her relationships with her family. Jostein Gaarder is a profoundly optimistic writer, who writes about death with wisdom, compassion and an enquiring mind. 'Through a Glass, Darkly' will not only bring comfort to the bereaved. It will move and amaze everyone who reads it.

Language: English

Pages: 176

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

Release: November 04, 1999

ISBN: 1858817692

ISBN 13: 9781858817699

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