College student Bec is self conscious of her aimless life: she has fallen into an affair with a married professor and a major she has no interest in. In a half hearted effort to redeem herself, she answers an ad for a caregiver and finds herself employed by Kate, a wealthy, happily married woman with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Their relationship develops into a surprising intimacy, and as she observes the implacable changes in Kate her own life takes shape in ways she didn't anticipate. Vibrant and sensuous, this is a fiercely unsentimental yet poignant novel.
- ISBN10 0312369522
- ISBN13 9780312369521
- Publish Date 24 July 2007 (first published 30 May 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Picador USA
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 288
- Language English