The Cure for Modern Life
  • Published:
    Apr-2008 (Hardcover)
    Mar-2009 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    326
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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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    • Mar-2009
    • Washington Square Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0743492803
    • ISBN13: 9780743492805
    • First Edition
    • Apr-2008
    • Atria
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 074349279X
    • ISBN13: 9780743492799
    •  
    • Mar-2008
    • Atria
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1416564454
    • ISBN13: 9781416564454
    •  
    • Mar-2008
    • Allen & Unwin (AUS)
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1743431503
    • ISBN13: 9781743431504
    •  
    • Mar-2008
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1423348869
    • ISBN13: 9781423348863
    •  
    • Mar-2008
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD (abridged)
    • ISBN: 1423348885
    • ISBN13: 9781423348887
    •  
    • Mar-2008
    • Brilliance Audio
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1423348850
    • ISBN13: 9781423348856
    •  
    • Mar-2008
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1423348834
    • ISBN13: 9781423348832
    •  
    • Mar-2008
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1423348842
    • ISBN13: 9781423348849
    •  
    • Apr-2008
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 1423348826
    • ISBN13: 9781423348825
    •  
    • Jun-2008
    • Center Point
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1602852073
    • ISBN13: 9781602852075
    • Large Print
    • Library Binding



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