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Last Resort

by Alison Lurie
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A Pulitzer Prize–winning author's "sparkling, smart" tale of an aging writer and his younger wife looking for new life—or a way to end it—in Key West (The New York Times).

Every schoolboy in America knows the work of author Wilkie Walker, who won fame and fortune with his accessible nature books. But as he turns seventy, his renown is nearly gone. Now he sits up at night torturing himself with fears that his career was a waste, his talent is gone, and his body destroyed by cancer. His wife, Jenny, twenty-five years younger, can tell only that he is out of sorts. She has no idea her husband is on the verge of giving up on life.

When Jenny suggests spending the winter in Key West, Wilkie goes along with it. After all, if you need to plan a fatal "accident," Florida is a perfectly good place to do so. And when they touch down in the sunshine state, the Walkers find it's not too late to live life—or end it—however they damn well please.

The National Book Award–shortlisted author of Foreign Affairs Affairs, The War Between the Tates, and The Last Resort writes a "sparkling, smart . . . highly volatile" novel (The New York Times).

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author's collection.
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Publisher: Open Road Media

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  • Release date: November 13, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781453271230
  • Release date: November 13, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781453271230
  • File size: 5449 KB
  • Release date: November 13, 2012
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A Pulitzer Prize–winning author's "sparkling, smart" tale of an aging writer and his younger wife looking for new life—or a way to end it—in Key West (The New York Times).

Every schoolboy in America knows the work of author Wilkie Walker, who won fame and fortune with his accessible nature books. But as he turns seventy, his renown is nearly gone. Now he sits up at night torturing himself with fears that his career was a waste, his talent is gone, and his body destroyed by cancer. His wife, Jenny, twenty-five years younger, can tell only that he is out of sorts. She has no idea her husband is on the verge of giving up on life.

When Jenny suggests spending the winter in Key West, Wilkie goes along with it. After all, if you need to plan a fatal "accident," Florida is a perfectly good place to do so. And when they touch down in the sunshine state, the Walkers find it's not too late to live life—or end it—however they damn well please.

The National Book Award–shortlisted author of Foreign Affairs Affairs, The War Between the Tates, and The Last Resort writes a "sparkling, smart . . . highly volatile" novel (The New York Times).

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author's collection.
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