For fans of David Nicholls, a brilliantly funny and touching new novel from the bestselling author of HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER, selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club.
Meet Silver. Forty-four, divorced and living alone. His once celebrated music career is now a faded memory and his ex-wife is about to marry another man. The only good thing in Silver''s life is his Princeton-bound teenage daughter, Casey - and she would probably say the exact opposite about him. So in Silver''s opinion, things could be going better ... a lot better.
Then Casey drops a bombshell: she''s pregnant. Yes, it was her first time, and, no, she hasn''t told her mom. Silver knows things have got to change, and when he discovers he has a fatal heart condition that means he could drop dead at any minute, he decides it''s time to make a list:
1. Be a better father
2. Be a better man
3. Fall in love
4. Die
But the question is, can Silver rebuild his life, regain the
