With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life,
Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly
recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.
When successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby
ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge
of proposing, she can't explain to even her closest friends why she
did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado, and her
independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has
less to do with him and more to do with...her. "You're your own
worst enemy," her best friend Jess tells her. "It's like you get
pleasure out of breaking your own heart."
As the holiday season looms and Emily contemplates whether she made
a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: she is
assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the
very values she detests by a boss who can't keep his hands to
himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the
person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her
emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone;
and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother
continue to remind her that love doesn't last forever.
How this brave, original young heroine finally decides to take
control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her
is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum's marvelous first novel.
Written with the authority, grace, and wisdom of an author far
beyond her years,"" The Opposite of Love heralds the debut of a
remarkable talent in contemporary fiction.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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