Matthew and Amelia were once in love and planning to raise a family
together, but a decade later, they have become professional enemies. To
Amelia, who has dedicated her life to medical ethics, Matthew's job as a
high-powered pharmaceutical executive has turned him into a heartless
person who doesn't care about anything but money. Now they're kept in
balance only by Matthew's best and oldest friend, Ben, a rising science
superstar - and Amelia's new boyfriend. That balance begins to crumble
one night when, coming home to his upscale Philadelphia loft, Matthew
finds himself on a desolate bridge face-to-face with a boy screaming for
help. Homeless for most of his life, ten-year-old Danny is as streetwise
as he is world-weary, and his desperation to save his three-year-old
sister means he will do whatever it takes to get Matthew's help. What
follows is an escalating game of one-upmanship between Matthew, Amelia,
and Danny, as all three players struggle to defend what is most
important to them - and are ultimately forced to reconsider what they
truly want. Dazzlingly written with a riveting story that will resonate
with listeners everywhere, Lisa Tucker's The Cure for Modern Life is a
smart, humorous, big-hearted novel about what it means in the
twenty-first century to be responsible, to care about other people, and
to do the right thing.
