The Opposite of Love
by:
Julie Buxbaum (author)
When successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can’t explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado, and her independent exterior, Emily...
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When successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can’t explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado, and her independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with...her. As the holiday season looms and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: she is assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can’t keep his hands to himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone; and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn’t last forever.How this brave, original young...
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780739359044 (0739359045)
Publish date: January 29th 2008
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
2.5 starsAnother chick lit with annoying lead character.
Emily, though a successful lawyer, is very unsure of herself and her feelings. Her mother died of cancer when she was only 14 and her father is very distant. The closest relationship she has is with her Grandpa Jack who is elderly and suffering from Alzheimer's. Emily is afraid of commitment and b...
I absolutely love this book - so much that I bought a copy to add to my library at home. Highly recommend!
enjoyable read.Smart chicklit.