From amazon.co.uk...

Short listed for the Richard & Judy Book Club 2007. An uplifting story set in Los Angeles about one man's effort to bring himself back to life. Richard is a modern day everyman; a middle-aged divorcee trading stocks out of his home. He has done such a good job getting his life under control that he needs no one. His life has slowed almost to a standstill, until two incidents conspire to hurl him back into the world. One day he wakes up with a knotty cramp in his back, which rapidly develops into an all-consuming pain. At the same time a wide sinkhole appears outside his living room window, threatening the foundations of his house. A vivid novel about compassion and transformation, "This Book Will Save Your Life" reveals what can happen if you are willing to open up to the world around you. Since her debut in 1989, A.M. Homes has been among the boldest and most original voices of her generation, acclaimed for the psychological accuracy and unnerving emotional intensity of her storytelling. Her keen ability to explore how extraordinary the ordinary can be is at the heart of her touching and funny new novel, her first in six years.

This book was recommended by two friends, so I was quite keen to read it.

I didn't quite 'get' the main character, Richard, how anybody could live like that is beyond me... but yes I know it's only ficition!!

After I got over the fact that I wasn't sure about him, remembered he lives in Los Angeles where anything goes and wierd is normal, I just got on with reading it and when I did that, I quite enjoyed it! It's certainly quite funny with some laugh out loud moments and he certainly does get himself into some very funny situations.

I'll take it to the York Book Crossing meet-up, it might appeal to someone there.

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Picked up at the York bookcrossing meetup last month - still to read.

I had a lot of fun with this book - it's a real page turner.

For release at the monthly bookcrossing meetup in York.

Funny. Quirky. This book could change some peoples lives.

Picked up at York Bookcrossers. Very funny. A bit mad.