ALA Notable Books
2013 · Fiction
About This Book
"MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE." Drew Silver has begun to accept that life isn't going to turn out as he expected. His fleeting fame as the drummer for a one-hitwonder rock band is nearly a decade behind him. His ex-wife is about to marry a terrific guy. And his Princeton-bound teenage daughter, Casey, has just confided in him that she's pregnant—because Silver is the one she cares least about letting down.
So when Silver learns that he requires emergency life-saving heart surgery, he makes the radical decision to refuse the operation, choosing instead to use what time he has left to repair his relationship with Casey, become a better man, and live in the moment—even if that moment isn't going to last very long. As his exasperated family looks on, Silver grapples with the ultimate question of whether his own life is worth saving.
So when Silver learns that he requires emergency life-saving heart surgery, he makes the radical decision to refuse the operation, choosing instead to use what time he has left to repair his relationship with Casey, become a better man, and live in the moment—even if that moment isn't going to last very long. As his exasperated family looks on, Silver grapples with the ultimate question of whether his own life is worth saving.
