Dream Girl - Large Print by Laura Lippman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Bedridden after a freak accident, a novelist begins to question his own sanity as he moves through dreamlike memories of his own fictional characters.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Booklist Editors' Choice!</strong></p><p><strong>Called One of the Best Mystery Books by NPR, <em>Washington Post</em>, Crime Reads, <em>Library Journal</em>, <em>South Florida Sun-Sentinel</em>, and Dublin City Library!</strong></p><p><strong>With this tip of the hat to Stephen King's <em>Misery</em>, <em>Dream Girl </em>is funny and suspenseful, with a dread-worthy final twist. --<em>People</em></strong></p><p><strong>"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 <em>Dare Me</em> and <em>The Fever</em></strong></p><p><strong>Following up on her acclaimed and wildly successful <em>New York Times </em>bestseller <em>Lady in the Lake</em>, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense with echoes of <em>Misery</em> involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.</strong></p><p>Aubrey, the title character of Gerry Andersen's most successful novel, <em>Dream Girl</em>, 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.</p><p>Could 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?</p><p>And why does no one believe that the call even happened?</p><p>Isolated 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.</p><p>Now 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.</p><p>And 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>Dream Girl</em> is the darkly comic thriller of the season."--Irish Times<br><br>It's modern noir with a strong hint of Stephen King's <em>Misery</em>. I absolutely loved her earlier novel <em>Sunburn</em>. Her writing is very slick and intelligent noir.--Paula Hawkins, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author<br><br>A nicely shivery homage to Stephen King's <em>Misery </em>with an atmosphere all its own.--<em>Seattle Times</em><br><br>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.--<em>Chicago Tribune</em><br><br>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 <em>Dream Girl</em> is indeed a dream of a novel for suspense lovers and fans of literary satire alike.--<em>Washington Post</em><br><br>"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. <em>Dream Girl</em> offers a healthy dose of suspense and wittily skewers literary life."--<em>Wall Street Journal</em><br><br>Positively humming with the vibrancy of a slew of crime-fiction authors during a high-energy drinking session, <em>Dream Girl</em> 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.--<em>Boston Globe</em><br><br>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.--<em>USA Today</em><br><br>With this tip of the hat to Stephen King's <em>Misery</em>, <em>Dream Girl </em>is funny and suspenseful, with a dread-worthy final twist.--<em>People</em><br><br>"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 Dare Me and The Fever<br>
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