Bøger af Lisa Tucker

Every marriage has three stories: the husband’s, the wife’s—and the one they create together.Every marriage has three stories: the husband’s, the wife’s—and the one they create together. Everyone who knows Kyra and David Winter considers them over-protective parents, but the Winters have good reasons for fearing the worst. When the best thing about their lives—their beloved son, Michael— disappears from his own backyard one perfectly average summer day, the question is, whose past has finally caught up with them? In the search for young Michael, Kyra and David will be forced to reveal secrets about themselves they’ve always kept hidden, but they will also discover that it’s not too late to have the sort of family they’ve always dreamed of. Lyrical and wise, Lisa Tucker’s enchanting, life-affirming novel will surprise readers and leave them full of wonder at the stubborn strength of the human heart.

Patty Taylor spiller i et band, og forsørge sin to år gamle sønn, Willie. En dag dukker faren til Willie opp. Han soner en lang dom, men er blitt løslatt på prøve. Nå kommer han for å kreve Patty og sønnen tilbake, selv om hun for lengst har brutt med ham. Dermed har det Patty fryktet mest av alt skjedd. Fortiden har innhentet henne.

From Lisa Tucker, the critically acclaimed author of Once Upon a Day and The Song Reader, comes an extraordinary novel about the way we live now: the choices we make and the decisions we let life make for us. 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 readers 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.