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 0312352298
- ISBN13 9780312352295
- Publish Date 30 May 2006
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 6 April 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English