The Cure for Modern Life Contributor(s): Tucker, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743492803 ISBN-13: 9780743492805 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $21.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: From the critically acclaimed author of "Once Upon a Day" and "The Song Reader" comes a big-hearted novel about what it means in the 21st century to be responsible, to care about other people, and to do the right thing. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Domestic - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.05 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Friendship |
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Publisher Description: From Lisa Tucker, the critically acclaimed author of Once Upon a Day and The Song Reader, comes an extraordinary novel about the way we live now: the choices we make and the decisions we let life make for us. Matthew and Amelia were once in love and planning to raise a family together, but a decade later, they have become professional enemies. To Amelia, who has dedicated her life to medical ethics, Matthew's job as a high-powered pharmaceutical executive has turned him into a heartless person who doesn't care about anything but money. Now they're kept in balance only by Matthew's best and oldest friend, Ben, a rising science superstar -- and Amelia's new boyfriend. That balance begins to crumble one night when, coming home to his upscale Philadelphia loft, Matthew finds himself on a desolate bridge face-to-face with a boy screaming for help. Homeless for most of his life, ten-year-old Danny is as streetwise as he is world-weary, and his desperation to save his three-year- old sister means he will do whatever it takes to get Matthew's help. What follows is an escalating game of one-upmanship between Matthew, Amelia, and Danny, as all three players struggle to defend what is most important to them -- and are ultimately forced to reconsider what they truly want. Dazzlingly written with a riveting story that will resonate with readers everywhere, Lisa Tucker's The Cure for Modern Life is a smart, humorous, big-hearted novel about what it means in the twenty-first century to be responsible, to care about other people, and to do the right thing. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tucker, Lisa: - Lisa Tucker is the bestselling author of The Promised World, The Cure for Modern Life, Once Upon a Day, Shout Down the Moon and The Song Reader. Her short work has appeared in Seventeen, Pages and The Oxford American. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family. |