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“Mistakes have been made.” Drew Silver has begun to accept that life isn’t going to turn out as he expected. His fleeting fame as the drummer for a one-hit wonder rock band is nearly a decade behind him. His ex-wife is about to marry a terrific guy. And his Princeton-bound teenage daughter Casey has just confided in him that she’s pregnant—because Silver is the one she cares least about letting down. So when Silver learns that he requires emergency life-saving heart surgery, he makes the radical decision to refuse the operation, choosing instead to spend what time he has left to repair his relationship with Casey, become a better man, and live in the moment—even if that moment isn’t going to last very long. As his exasperated family looks on, Silver grapples with the ultimate question of whether or not his own life is worth saving.
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Forty-something year old Silver is not known for making the best choices in his life. He is divorced, doesn't have a great relationship with this daughter, and lives in a complex that seems to cater to men just like him.
Things change for Silver though when he is diagnosed with a life-threatening, but possibly curable sickness. For him, dying on his own terms is his best option, but he soon learns that sometimes life has a tricky way of making you change your plans.
Another great story from Tropper. It was the dark humor, sprinkling of Jewish culture, and intense situations that I have come to expect when reading one of his novels. I always know when I pick up one his books that I'm in for a ride, and "One last thing before I go" was no disappointment.