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Heroic Measures

par Jill Ciment

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Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:*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. From the Trade Paperback edition..… (plus d'informations)

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A plot hanging on negotiations to sell a NYC condo and the health of an aging dachshund with possible Islamic terrorist thrown in might work, but not for me. Couldn't finish it tho it's short and easy to skim. The characters seemed real but too pathetic to endure. (

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CharleySweet | Jul 2, 2023 |

I read this book because Karen Brisette loved it. Really. Urban NYers would appreciate it most. The angst of selling/buying NYC apartments and dealing with buyers, sellers, and real estate agents. A post 9-11 terror event. A wonderful substory around an aging dachsund (and her aging owners.) The dog's POV chapters were 5 star. But Jill Ciment forgot the tie up all of her plot lines. Otherwise, a 4 star book. (

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skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |

What a lovely gentle story. An old couple's dear daschund is suddenly paralysed, and they need to help their dog while at the same time deal with the practical details of selling their New York City apartment, all in the midst of a possible terrorist attack. The real estate dealing is funny, the dog point of view is cute but kept minimal, and the author nicely weaves in Chekhov's famous short story of "The Woman With the Pet Dog" . The city of New York is as much a character as Alex and Ruth and their dog Dorothy. It's about an old couple enjoying the winter of their lives, and their love for each other, their dog, and their city. (

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TheBookJunky | Apr 22, 2016 |

This is a wonderful little book about a Jewish couple in post 9/11 New York in the midst of selling their walk-up apartment where they've lived for 45 years for one with an elevator. During the middle of their negotiations for a new apartment their beloved little weiner dog, Dorothy, has suffered a spinal injury and a "terrorist" is running around loose in the City. The first few pages of this book made me feel very sad, but then as it progressed my spirits lifted, I began to smile and fell in love with my little Jewish couple, their little dog and the colorful characters written in this lovely book. (

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It is the hour when the light over the sink, a fluorescent meant for washing dishes, suddenly usurps the fire of the dying sun and the kitchen window becomes a mirror, the moment every evening when Ruth realizes that her resolves are made of straw and Alex senses his age as a transitory chill.

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Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML: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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