The deal of a lifetime de Frederick Backman

Leitura mais ou menos agradável e rápida, faz-nos pensar, na utilização do nosso tempo enquanto cá estamos, e o que se considera como viver bem: será atingir muita coisa na vertente profissional ou na pessoal: manter uma familia unida e presente. Achei a história curta, um pouco emocional mas com ideias sobre segundas oportunidades, apesar de ser num contexto de fantasia, pois tais oportunidades não existiram neste caso particular, sobre redenção, e sobre escolhas de vida. 

Sinopse:

A father and a son are seeing each other for the first time in years. The father has a story to share before it’s too late. He tells his son about a courageous little girl lying in a hospital bed a few miles away. She’s a smart kid—smart enough to know that she won’t beat cancer by drawing with crayons all day, but it seems to make the adults happy, so she keeps doing it.

As he talks about this plucky little girl, the father also reveals more about himself: his triumphs in business, his failures as a parent, his past regrets, his hopes for the future.

Now, on a cold winter’s night, the father has been given an unexpected chance to do something remarkable that could change the destiny of a little girl he hardly knows. But before he can make the deal of a lifetime, he must find out what his own life has actually been worth, and only his son can reveal that answer.

With humor and compassion, Fredrik Backman’s The Deal of a Lifetime reminds us that life is a fleeting gift, and our legacy rests in how we share that gift with others.

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