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Cento giorni di felicit
Cento giorni di felicit | Fausto Brizzi
11 posts | 5 read | 1 reading | 5 to read
Not everyone is allowed to know in advance the day of his death. Lucio Battistini, a forty year old former water polo player with a wife and two small children, knows it exactly. It's the date he himself set when he was diagnosed with liver cancer. One hundred days of life before the finishing line. One hundred days to leave a beautiful memory to his children, play with friends, and most importantly, win back the heart of his wife. One hundred days to discover that life is funny and full of surprises. One hundred days in which Lucio decides to engage in the most difficult thing of all: to be happy.
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IuliaC
100 Days of Happiness | Fausto Brizzi
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Pickpick

Lovely sense of humour and deliciously narrated story overshadowing the tragic event. I laughed and cried and laughed again and cried some more

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zahra7
100 Days of Happiness | Fausto Brizzi

If I were a rich man, I‘d spend most of my day lying comfortably in an overstuffed armchair thinking about death. But I‘m poor, so I can only think about it in my spare moments, or when no one‘s looking.
—Cesare Zavattini

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Joanne1
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Pickpick

If you knew you had 100 days to live hoe would you spend them? Lucio does those last 100 days pretty well, with great humour, humanity and spirit. There is nothing depressing about this story of a dying man and that is something of an achievement. It big-hearted and funny and wonderfully Italian.
I‘ll finish by asking the same question Lucio was asked, if you could live for eternity at one age what age would you pick? Me, 26.

CarolynM There are good things about all the ages I've been so far, but I'd probably choose to something under 50 😂 6y
Joanne1 @CarolynM I agree @CarolynM but I still feel 26 so I went with that. We won‘t mention the ‘big‘ birthday I‘ve got coming up. I definitely don‘t feel that age! 6y
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Joanne1
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I‘m very sad today. This beautiful boy had to be put to sleep today. He was 20 and very ill. He was my constant reading companion and had trailed me around the house for the last 16 years that we‘ve had him. It was for the best and definitely time but still so sad. The tagged book was the last one I read with his company, now I‘ll have to finish it without him.

jenniferw88 So sorry for your loss. 😥 6y
KarenUK Losing a fur baby is the worst. Biggest of hugs for you at this awful time. So so sorry for your loss 😘💕 6y
Librarybelle So sorry for your loss 6y
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Freespirit So sorry...he looks like a lovely companion! 6y
Sace So sorry 😢 6y
Lcsmcat 😢💔 6y
DivineDiana I am sad to learn of your loss. ❤️ 6y
MommyWantsToReadHerBook So sorry for your loss, Joanne! 6y
ladym30 So very sorry for your loss. 6y
daena I‘m so sorry for your loss. Hugs to you. 6y
AmyG I‘m so sorry. My George was 20, too. 😪 6y
quietjenn I'm so very sorry. 💙 6y
rockpools So sorry. 6y
Leftcoastzen Very sorry,it‘s so hard to say goodbye to sweet four legged family.💔 6y
Melkyl I‘m very sorry 6y
stacybmartin So sorry to hear of your loss. 💙 6y
Eggbeater What a gorgeous baby. My heart goes out to you. I know how it feels. ❤ 6y
BookwormM So sorry for your loss big hugs 6y
MicheleinPhilly I‘m so sorry. ❤️ 6y
JennyM So sorry ♥️ 6y
rabbitprincess ♥️♥️ I am so sorry. ♥️♥️ 6y
CarolynM I'm so sorry. {{hugs}} 6y
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JackOBotts
100 Days of Happiness | Fausto Brizzi
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A solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars. Started off strong; Lucio's voice brought the morose & humor together. The emotions were there for the end of the novel, but I felt something was missing...can't quite put my finger on what it was. Enjoyed it overall.

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JackOBotts
100 Days of Happiness | Fausto Brizzi

"I suddenly understand that human beings aren't divided into good and bad, southerners and northerners, the intelligent and the stupid, or any of the other thousands of distinctions that we invent to liven up our existence. They're divided into "book benders" and " non-book benders." The former are happier."

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JackOBotts
100 Days of Happiness | Fausto Brizzi
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"Who knows how many literary masterpieces lie concealed in the notebooks and Lisa Frank desk diaries filled with ink by fifteen-year-old girls who, statically speaking, are the most "diaryish" demographic category." (Certainly not in my diaries, that's for sure!! I found myself wondering what to do with the diaries I've kept since grade school...I don't want others to read them, so they continue to sit in a box in the attic.)

Lacythebookworm Lisa Frank 😍😍😍 8y
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JackOBotts
100 Days of Happiness | Fausto Brizzi

"When all is said and done,...the true meaning of life is nothing more than taking a bite out of a hot doughnut." Mmmmmm...doughnuts. ? #truth

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JackOBotts
100 Days of Happiness | Fausto Brizzi
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I'm only on page 19, and already I love Lucio's voice. I've got good feelings about this. #bookclubreads #miao #meow #ciao 🐱

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Mooncatcher
100 Days of Happiness | Fausto Brizzi
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If you want to read something easy and with lots of humour, this is it. The book deals with the last 100 days of Oscar - who has cancer - and how he made these last days the most beautiful of his life.

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Mony333
Cento giorni di felicit | Fausto Brizzi

Meraviglioso: divertente, commovente, emozionante. Fa riflettere, dalla prima all'ultima riga. Da leggere assolutamente!!

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