{"product_id":"9780062390073","title":"Dream Girl : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDream Girl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Laura Lippman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist Editors' Choice!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCalled One of the Best Mystery Books by NPR, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, Crime Reads, \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel\u003c\/em\u003e, and Dublin City Library!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With this tip of the hat to Stephen King's \u003cem\u003eMisery\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDream Girl \u003c\/em\u003eis funny and suspenseful, with a dread-worthy final twist.\" —\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“My dream novel. I devoured this in three days. The sharpest, clearest-eyed take on our #MeToo reckoning yet. Plus: enthralling.\" —Megan Abbott, Edgar Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eDare Me\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Fever\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFollowing up on her acclaimed and wildly successful \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller \u003cem\u003eLady in the Lake\u003c\/em\u003e, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense with echoes of \u003cem\u003eMisery\u003c\/em\u003e involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAubrey, the title character of Gerry Andersen’s most successful novel, \u003cem\u003eDream Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, is so captivating that Gerry’s readers insist she’s real. Gerry knows she exists only in his imagination. So how can Aubrey be calling Gerry, bed-bound since a freak fall? A virtual prisoner in his penthouse, Gerry is dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould the cryptic caller be one of his three ex-wives playing a vindictive trick after all these years? Or is she Margot, an ex-girlfriend who keeps trying to insinuate her way back into Gerry’s life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd why does no one believe that the call even happened?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsolated from the world, drowsy from medication, Gerry slips between reality and dreamlike memories: his faithless father, his devoted mother; the women who loved him, the women he loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow here is Aubrey, threatening to visit him, suggesting that Gerry owes her something. Is the threat real or a sign of dementia? Which scenario would he prefer? Gerry has never been so alone, so confused – and so terrified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then he wakes up to another nightmare—a woman’s dead body next to his bed—and the terrifying uncertainty of whether he is responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"It’s modern noir with a strong hint of Stephen King’s \u003cem\u003eMisery\u003c\/em\u003e. I absolutely loved her earlier novel \u003cem\u003eSunburn\u003c\/em\u003e. Her writing is very slick and intelligent noir.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"With this tip of the hat to Stephen King's \u003cem\u003eMisery\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDream Girl \u003c\/em\u003eis funny and suspenseful, with a dread-worthy final twist.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Lippman’s sharp and timely thriller is a fast read, one that will surely please her many longtime devotees as well as attract new and enthusiastic fans.\"\u003cbr\u003e“The gifted Ms. Lippman, in this tale of a talented cad who more or less gets what he deserves, shifts between passages hard-boiled and satirical. \u003cem\u003eDream Girl\u003c\/em\u003e offers a healthy dose of suspense and wittily skewers literary life.”\u003cbr\u003e\"Socially conscious (the #MeToo movement makes a decisive entrance into the plot) and packed with humor, ghosts and narrative turns of the screw, Lippman’s \u003cem\u003eDream Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is indeed a dream of a novel for suspense lovers and fans of literary satire alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Laura Lippman is one of the best novelists working today, period. Seeing her name on the cover of a book is a guarantee of a highly satisfying reading experience...Laura Lippman is a major writer. If you don’t know her, there’s 25 books waiting for you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Positively humming with the vibrancy of a slew of crime-fiction authors during a high-energy drinking session, \u003cem\u003eDream Girl\u003c\/em\u003e shimmers with suspense, surprises, wry humor, and an ever-present stream of appreciations for the pleasures, frustrations, and oddities inherent in the life of a writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A nicely shivery homage to Stephen King’s \u003cem\u003eMisery \u003c\/em\u003ewith an atmosphere all its own.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Dream Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is the darkly comic thriller of the season.”\u003cbr\u003e“My dream novel. I devoured this in three days. The sharpest, clearest-eyed take on our #MeToo reckoning yet. 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