The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Jason Siple

We all know something: it's important to find a reason, or many more for living or for continuing to living. When we are young there are plenty of reasons for living; a family, work, desires of experiencing, exploration of the world: it's simple, but...If a person if 100 years old? More difficult?  We will discover thanks to this book that there is always a reason for going on. And the best engine is helping others in great difficulties. This one and much more is: The Five Wishes of Mr.Murray McBride by Jason Siple.
It is true that at first also mr. Murray McBride with 100 years on his shoulders, all his relatives gone, finds that his existence is a bit...gone. What to do?
A lot of elderly people wait, terrorized, the arrival of death, but mr.Murray also thanks to the suggestion of some people close to him, decides to act. Why waiting for death when a lot can still to be done? 
And he discovers Jason. Jason, 10 years is afflicted by a terrible illness. Substantially he doesn't have a lot of available time but before to pass away he would want to realize five wishes. Mr.Murray finds for case this piece of paper where the 10 year old boy wrote down these wishes in and he thinks that he would want so badly to try to realize them with and for this little boy. Murray found more than a reason for continuing to live!
It's a real countdown but also the discovery of two pretty different souls and a great and solid friendship. Jason with his weird language, strange e-mails and expressions when he speaks or write: McBride with the desire of being realistically helpful, learning also how to send and receive e-mail; just an example. How different these trajectories of existence are: McBride arrived at 100 years, this boy should die soon, without to having experienced anything in this life.

I found extremely touching the end of the story; I didn't imagine it. Sad and positive at the same time, like life is, after all.

Everything starts at first, with a magician with the desire of telling why to be grateful to his life and people he had to thank for being there.

He tells it to his biographer; a simple story, real and solid: human.
A friendship of a 10 years old boy soon to be gone because his heart didn't work anymore with a man of 100 years...


You'll love it! The cover is beautiful! An elderly man holding the hand of a kid. Past and present walking together for building good values, for transmitting knowledge, leaving the world with someone in grade to perpetuate the values and life-lessons learned and the possible pills of wisdom necessary for this trip on Earth.

Highly recommended.

I thank NetGalley for this eBook. And Library Thing as well!


Anna Maria Polidori