

The Reason You're Alive
A Novel
Author: Matthew Quick
Narrator: R.C. Bray
Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 07/04/2017
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humorous, Women
Author: Matthew Quick
Narrator: R.C. Bray
Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 07/04/2017
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humorous, Women
Matthew Quick (aka Q) is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film, and The Good Luck of Right Now. His work has been translated into thirty languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention. Q lives with his wife, the novelist-pianist Alicia Bessette, on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
4.5 stars The Reason You're Alive was quite something. The more I think about it the more I'm impressed. This is the story of an old Vietnam Veteran, David Granger, who finds himself under the doctor's knife to have a brain tumour removed. Slowly, we begin finding out about David's life, as he starts......more
While reviewing an earlier book by Matthew Quick, I remarked that he wrote about men "on the edge of normalcy" who eventually find completion by the final page. This is another such study. In this case, David Granger has been harboring a long running case of PTSD. Fifty years worth. In the years sin......more
A gorgeous exploration into the after-effects of war, racism and humanity. Man, I cannot emphasise how much I loved this book. I'd adored The Silver Linings Playbook because of its warmth and honesty, and this book had that exact same feel, with plenty of humour and emotion thrown in for good measure......more