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The Cure for Modern Life (Paperback): Lisa Tucker

The Cure for Modern Life (Paperback)

Lisa Tucker

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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.

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Imprint: Washington Square Press Inc.,N.Y.
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2009
First published: March 2009
Authors: Lisa Tucker
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-9280-5
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
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LSN: 0-7434-9280-3
Barcode: 9780743492805

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