Heroic Measures
A Novel
Published on 30. June 2009
208 pages
978-0-307-37825-5 (ISBN)
Description
The basis for the major motion picture 5 Flights Up starring Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman.
New York City is on high alert-a gasoline truck is "stuck" in the Midtown tunnel and the driver has fled. Through panic and gridlock, Alex and Ruth must transport their beloved old dachshund-whose back legs are suddenly paralyzed-to the animal hospital, using a cutting board as a stretcher. But this is also the weekend when Alex and Ruth must sell the apartment in which they have lived for most of their adult lives. Over the course of forty-eight hours, as the mystery of the missing truck driver terrorizes the city and the dachshund's life hangs in the balance, the bidding war over their apartment becomes a barometer for collective hope and despair. Told in shifting points of view-Alex's, Ruth's, and the little dog's-Heroic Measures is a moving, deft novel about urban anxiety and the love that deepens over years.
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Person
Jill Ciment was born in Montreal, Canada. She is the author of the novels Act of God, The Tattoo Artist, Teeth of the Dog, and The Law of Falling Bodies; a collection of stories, Small Claims; and a memoir, Half a Life. She has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts, a NEA Japan Fellowship Prize, two New York State Fellowships for the Arts, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Ciment is a professor at the University of Florida. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1 - Friday Night: The Lady with the Pet Dog
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Part 2 - Saturday Morning: The Invasion
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Part 3 - Saturday Afternoon: The War
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Part 4 - Saturday Evening: Ceasefire
- Chapter 13
- Part 5 - Sunday: Queen for a Day
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Part 6 - Sunday Evening: Fountain of Youth
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Part 7 - Monday Morning: Animal Sense
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Copyright
