On My Life

**"An emotional journey of love, loss, healing, and redemption. I rooted for every character." --Lisa See, _New York Times_ and _USA Today_ bestselling author of _Snow Flower and The Secret Fan_** **"_I Liked My Life_ is a treasure of a novel. Warm-hearted and clever, the story will keep you readin

**This heart-warming and funny novel is the perfect balm for the insta-weary mind - get ready to shatter the illusion that is #LivingMyBestLife ** Bell never thought she'd be facing her 40th birthday single. Recently dumped by her boyfriend of ten years, Bell is struggling to move on with her life

In **Like Life** ’s __ eight exquisite stories, Lorrie Moore’s characters stumble through their daily existence. These men and women, unsettled and adrift and often frightened, can’t quite understand how they arrived at their present situations. Harry has been reworking a play for years in his apart

**...perhaps I was not living as I ought.** Renowned as the greatest short story writer ever, Anton Chekhov was also a master of the novella, and perhaps his most overlooked is this gem, _My Life_ \--the tale of a rebellious young man so disgusted with bourgeois society that he drops out to liv

**Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life.** Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is a voracious reader. Starting as a childhood passion that bloomed into a life-long companion, reading ha