About this title: Myra Lipinsky, a lonely and love-starved middle-aged nurse, is resigned to her solitary fate until Chip Reardon--her big crush back in high school--comes back into her life. The catch is that he's now married to another old high-school friend, and he is dying from a brain tumor. Myra cares for him, and their friendship takes an unexpected turn--and then another.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria Books
Date Published: 06/2001
ISBN-13:9780743411325ISBN:0743411323
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 224 p. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Washington Square Press, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743411332ISBN:0743411331
Description: Very good. 226 p. Includes A Readers Club Guide: A Conversation with Elizabeth Berg, Reading Group Questions and Topics for Discussion. read more
Description: Fine. 0743411331 Excellent condition Soft cover book, clean pages, No creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Edition: Bookspan Large Print Edition. Unabridged.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780739418925ISBN:0739418920
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. HardCover w/DJ Large Print Edition DJ in very good condition, cover/binding and pages in very good condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743411325ISBN:0743411323
Description: Good in Very Good jacket. -3rd Edition--Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall 209 pgs. Interior-Flawless. The boards and DJ are well preserved, and the book appears to be unused. -Publish Place: New York-Size: read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743411332ISBN:0743411331
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (A41_4/9)Book is in good condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Myra, the main character is irresistible! Her gentle sarcasm and self-deprecating wit are totally disarming. And her capacity for kindness is astounding.
But what I loved most about this book was the way the characters would surprise me. They defied my expectations, showed me they were made of much more than I had imagined and, ultimately, left me exhilarated."
"Although the subject matter of this book could be very depressing, I did not find it to be so. It was a wonderful story about Myra, a lonely, isolated spinster, and her caring about her patients as a visiting nurse. Although the story centered around her evolving relationship with Chip, who she admired from afar in high school and is dying of a brain tumor, her relationships with her other patients were also very interesting. Myra has always been a loner through life, due to her low self opinion, shyness, fear of rejection and lack of any parental involvement. Some of this falls away as she allows herself to get closer to Chip and her other patients. The story does take some unexpected twists which keeps the book from being totally predictable. Definitely a quick read which was hard to put down."
"I listened to this book on audio. It was the sad yet uplifting story of Myra, a woman in her early 50's, unmarried, a nurse doing home health. She's always been a bit of a loner, never quite fit in or had large groups of friends. She's always been insecure about her appearance and so not really pursued close relationships with men, and also (I don't know why) doesn't seem to have much in the way of female friends either. Life is pretty lonely except for her dog and her patients. Then she gets a new patient who is someone she knew from high school (the popular heartthrob), and he's dying from a brain tumor. This story focuses on that time period and the relationship that develops between them."
"Single women, home health care nurse....end up taking care of terminally ill former classmate. She has always cared for him and they end up together. He plans to commit suicide when he gets very ill..........so does she. He does............she doesn't.
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