{"product_id":"heroic-measures-9780307386786","title":"Heroic Measures","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the major motion picture \u003ci\u003e5 Flights Up\u003c\/i\u003e starring Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew 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--\u003ci\u003eHeroic Measures\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, deft novel about urban anxiety and the love that deepens over years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Ciment\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Montreal, Canada. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAct of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tattoo Artist, Teeth of the Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Law of Falling Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e; a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eSmall Claims\u003c\/i\u003e; and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eHalf a Life\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597291884818,"sku":"9780307386786","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c37bcf99-34f7-450f-9c4f-e2c3c0a2edfe.jpg?v=1732176302","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/heroic-measures-9780307386786","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}