Purchase
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.
The Dial Press
February 2008
On Sale: January 29, 2008
320 pages
ISBN: 0385341229
EAN: 9780385341226
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Contemporary | Fiction
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.
Comments
1 comment posted.
Re: The Opposite of Love
The Opposite of Love
(Caroline Kolb 6:21pm October 18, 2009)
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy