This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes

Author:A. M. Homes
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CYNTHIA is there, waiting for him. "They said I was the ideal candidate. I start tomorrow."

"Should I go with you? Are you sure it's for real?"

"There was an article on him in Self magazine."

"And that makes it real?"

"I'm excited; can't you be excited for me?"

"I am excited for you, I just don't want you to be abducted by a psycho surgeon who puts you in a trance and performs plastic surgery on you or anything. Do you want some lunch?"

"Starving," she says, digging into the groceries.

After lunch, he gets back into the car and drives into town to see Lusardi.

"So?" Lusardi asks.

"I liked it. It was valuable, challenging in a way that nothing has been challenging in a very long time—except that everything feels strange now, nothing fits. I'm not who I thought I was."

"None of us are."

"I'm not really any different, and yet nothing is the same."

"How's the pain?"

"You know, I feel pretty good. I think I'm still in pain; I mean, I must be, right? We're all in pain, but it's not bothering me at the moment."

Lusardi presses the stethoscope to his chest. "You don't become a different person — you just learn to live with yourself — that's the hardest part." And they are quiet; Lusardi listens. "You sound fine," he says.

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