Now and at the Hour

by Robert Cormier

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440208823
• ISBN13: 9780440208822
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A realistic story about one man's journey towards death

I've read all of Robert Cormier's young adult books, but I didn't know what to expect of this, one of his few books written for the adult audience. It was pretty well-written, I guess. Alph LeBlanc is dying of lung cancer. He knows and his family knows, but they are in denial; trying to hide it from each other. Alph is in his late fifties and has a wife and some grown children. The book covered a lot of stuff: his love for his kids, the tragic death of his three-year-old daughter, his feelings towards his family in general, memories of his life. It was pretty gloomy, but I guess that's to be expected -- I mean, the book was about death and dying. All in all a good book, though I prefer his young adult ones.