With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life Julie Buxbaumhas fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who hasloved ... » 

With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life Julie Buxbaumhas fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who hasloved and lost and loved again. When successful twentynineyearold Manhattanattorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is onthe verge of proposing she cant explain to even her closest friends why shedid it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun her bravado and her independentexterior Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him andmore to do with...her. Youre your own worst enemy her best friend Jesstells her. Its like you get pleasure out of breaking your own heart. As theholiday season looms and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistakethe rest of her world begins to unravel she is assigned to a multimilliondollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss whocant keep his hands to himself her Grandpa Jack a charming feistyoctogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world is losing itwhile her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone andunderneath it all fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remindher that love doesnt last forever. How this brave original young heroinefinally decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have longhaunted her is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaums marvelous first novel.Written with the authority grace and wisdom of an author far beyond heryears The Opposite of Love heralds the debut of a remarkable talent incontemporary fiction.From the Hardcover edition. «