So Much for That
Shep Knacker has long saved for the Afterlife, an idyllic retreat in the Third World where his nest egg can last forever. Exasperated that his wife, Glynis, has concocted endless excuses why it's never the right time to go, Shep finally announces he's leaving for a Tanzanian island, with or without her. Yet Glynis has some news of her own: she's deathly ill. Shep numbly puts his dream aside, while his nest egg is steadily devastated by staggering bills that their health insurance only partially covers. Astonishingly, illness not only strains their marriage but saves it.From acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Lionel Shriver comes a se…
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- ISBN: 978-0-06-145859-0
- EAN: 9780061458590
- Produktnummer: 7713430
- Verlag: Perennial
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 436 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.6 cm x D3.2 cm 357 g
- Gewicht: 357
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Lionel Shriver's fiction includes The Mandibles; Property; the National Book Award finalist So Much for That; the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World; and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, adapted for a 2010 film starring Tilda Swinton. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. She’s a regular columnist for the Spectator in Britain and Harper’s Magazine in the US. She lives in London and Brooklyn, New York.
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