Friday, September 19, 2008

Matilda's Birthday Book Exchange at Borders!









Matilda invited us all to a Birthday Book Exchange at Borders today. It was a lovely morning to meet at Gloria Jeans and have some of cake, coffee and frivolity. We drew numbers and received a book and I chose Tim Winton's "Breath". I can't wait to read it. There were some great books received and we talked about having another so we could exchange our new books with someone else. Matilda's friend Sam made a beautiful Book Worm cake. It was stunning and a nice surprise. The cake was huge and there was too much for our small party lol. It was such a nice morning and perhaps we have just started a new trend for our birthday catch ups.






Tim Winton's "Breath"


Description:

When paramedic Bruce Pike arrives too late to save a boy found hanged in his bedroom he senses immediately that this lonely death is an accident. Pike knows the difference between suicide and misadventure. He understands only too well the forces that can propel a kid toward oblivion. Not just because he's an ambulanceman but because of the life he's lived, the boy he once was, addicted to extremes, flirting with death, pushing every boundary in the struggle to be extraordinary, barely knowing where or how to stop. So begins a story about the damage you do to yourself when you're young and think you're immortal. In his first novel for seven years, Tim Winton has achieved a new level of mastery. Breath confirms him as one of the world's finest storytellers, whose work is both accessible and profound, relentlessly gripping and deeply moving.When paramedic Bruce Pike arrives too late to save a boy found hanged in his bedroom he senses immediately that this lonely death is an accident. Pike knows the difference between suicide and misadventure. He understands only too well the forces that can propel a kid toward oblivion. Not just because he's an ambulanceman but because of the life he's lived, the boy he once was, addicted to extremes, flirting with death, pushing every boundary in the struggle to be extraordinary, barely knowing where or how to stop. So begins a story about the damage you do to yourself when you're young and think you're immortal. In his first novel for seven years, Tim Winton has achieved a new level of mastery. Breath confirms him as one of the world's finest storytellers, whose work is both accessible and profound, relentlessly gripping and deeply moving.


Happy Birthday

for

Monday September 22, 2008

MATILDA!!

My Dear Friend!!

1 comment:

Tom B said...

is it funny that U get a hole yr older all in 1 day.huggs