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Something to Live For
I loved this book. Laugh out loud funny, sweet and moving. This is the book I'll be recommending to every reader.
Incredible
Sometimes you need something powerful to get you out of your comfort zone. This book is that. It's not an easy read but a very good one.
Secrets and Lies
How can someone whose life is built on a big whopping lie be such a likeable character? That's the joy of this original and refreshing novel by a promising... READ MORE
Synopsis
Sometimes you have to risk everything to find your something...
All Andrew wants is to be normal. He has the perfect wife and 2.4 children waiting at home for him after a long day. At least, that's what he's told people.
The truth is, his life isn't exactly as people think and his little white lie is about to catch up with him.
Because in all Andrew's efforts to fit in, he's forgotten one important thing: how to really live. And maybe, it's about time for him to start.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- ISBN: 9781409185598
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 226 x 158 x 36 mm
- Weight: 540g
Customer Reviews
View allGlorious turns of phrase
Something to Live For is on course to be one of the books of the year and it's definitely going to be on my books of the year list. It's absolutely superb ... READ MORE
A joy to read
The hero of Something to Die for (and I think he is a hero) is Andrew. Andrew could best be described as socially inept in that he lacks certain social ski... READ MORE
A stunning debut that makes you reassess life and death yet is darkly funny and incredibly moving
If I was to say to you, 'Listen you REALLY must read this book-it's about a man who works for the council, checking the houses of dead people for funds to ... READ MORE
A heartfelt, funny and endearing read
A really lovely heartfelt, funny and endearing read.
Andrew works for his local council and has done for some years. He deals with the deaths of people t... READ MORE
Best Saturday Afternoon Ever
I brought this book at about 2.00pm Saturday afternoon because the author Richard Roper was coming to do a book signing on the Thursday, I started to read ... READ MORE
Charming
I was given this book as part of a read along with my online book club, the book was split into 3 parts which we then read and discussed over a 3 week peri... READ MORE
Funny, quirky and endearing
Andrew has a rather unusual job working for the council and attending the homes of the recently departed in an attempt to find out details of their next of... READ MORE
Heartwarming read
This is a brilliant book and very worthy of my 5 stars. Andrew is the main character and he is a somewhat complicated soul. You will probably either love h... READ MORE
A 'coming-of-age' story for the middle-aged!
This was a quirky, heart-wrenching and, at times, awkward (because of the main character, Andrew's, character!) read. The author certainly made you squirm ... READ MORE
Something To Live For
Contemporary books are NOT my usual genre as I tend to read crime and psychological thrillers, but when I was offered the opportunity to read Something To ... READ MORE
A delightful read!
An interesting collection of characters, some likeable, some not. Andrew, in particular, clearly has some problems, and has made some strange decisions wh... READ MORE
Funny, sad and thoroughly enjoyable
I really enjoyed this book. Andrew, a quiet unassuming man with a love for most Ella Fitzgerald music, finds himself drifting off during a job interview, a... READ MORE
A heart warming story
Andrew spends his days inspecting the homes of those who die alone looking for their families and funds to pay for their legally mandated funerals. He is e... READ MORE
Laugh out loud reading is my favorite!
I love the way this was written. I love the humor and the realistic thought process of Andrew. I loved this book and couldn’t stop till I was finished. I’m... READ MORE
Uplifting story - one for fans of Eleanor Oliphant
Andrew is a model train enthusiast who works for the local council, trying to locate the next of kin for people who have died alone. It can be a difficult ... READ MORE
A delightful story
After a slow start, I really became captivated by this story of Andrew, who worked for the council arranging funerals for people who had died alone with no... READ MORE
Thoroughly Enjoyable read
I loved this book, Richard Roper has brought the rather awkward Andrew to life in a way which is both entertaining and interesting. If you are fascinated b... READ MORE
Beautifully written
This is a brilliant and engaging book and well worth of 5 stars.
Andrews is a complicated character but you become more and more invested in his life and t... READ MORE
Loved it
Something To Live For By Richard Roper
I had the opportunity to read this book along with 65 other in a book club. I'm not sure I would have come across ... READ MORE
A heartwarming read
Not my normal read but throughly enjoyed this book. Many characters you come to love and some you don't!
I felt quite sorry for the main character, Andrew... READ MORE
Best book of my summer
I really enjoyed this book. Andrew , poor Andrew, goes through a lot. It’s written in a way that is real, raw, and sometimes laugh out loud funny. I’d reco... READ MORE
Heartbreaking
So sad, this was probably not the the book to be reading after 4 weeks of self isolating. I cried a lot! That was said, I really enjoyed this story, there ... READ MORE
an enjoyable read
I enjoyed this book very much. It reminded me of the style of Milly Johnson. Character driven with a happy ending.
The author writes about nice people who... READ MORE
Escape into a book with quirky characters
I was gifted this book to read in three parts as part of a Facebook group read along, discussing it as we read each part. This brought up all sorts of inte... READ MORE
Perfect for fans of Ove and Eleanor Oliphant, brilliant and quirky.
I loved this book from the beginning. Andrew is a quirky, model railway loving character who is stuck with a little white lie he told which has snowballed... READ MORE
Worth persevering
I found this book a slow starter and the first 8 or so chapters I found quite uncomfortable, however I was compelled to keep reading and never felt like I ... READ MORE
We Live Alone; We Die Alone!
Thanks to Orion Publishing for a kindle version of this publication which was read as part of a book club readalong.
Loner Andrew misses a question durin... READ MORE
Funny, sad and quirky
I loved this book right from the start, it opens with Andrew attending the funeral of someone who had died alone. He works for the council, dealing with si... READ MORE
A quirky, funny, sometimes sad but eminently entertaining read.
This isn’t necessarily something I would have bought on a whim but I read this in an online read along event with my book club. It was issued in 3 parts ov... READ MORE
I really enjoyed this book
I really enjoyed this book, I haven't read anything like this before and I probably never will. I could rave about it all day, I liked the fact it was a li... READ MORE
Something to live for
At an interview single Andrew missed a question, he answered as vaguely as he could and ended up being a married man with 2 children and lived with that li... READ MORE
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