Dream Girl - by Laura Lippman (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"After being injured in a freak accident, novelist Gerry Andersen lies in a hospital bed in his glamorous but sterile apartment, isolated from the busy world he can see through his windows, utterly dependent on two women he barely knows: his young assistant and a night nurse whose competency he questions. But Gerry is also beginning to question his own competency. As he moves in and out of dreamlike memories and seemingly random appearances of a persistent ex-girlfriend at his bedside, he fears he may be losing his grip on reality, much like his mother who recently passed away from dementia. Most distressing, he believes he's being plagued by strange telephone calls, in which a woman claiming to be the titular character of his hit novel Dream Girl swears she will be coming to see him soon. The character is completely fictitious, but no one has ever believed Gerry when he makes that claim. Is he the victim of a cruel prank, or is he actually losing his mind? There is no record of the calls according to the log on his phone. Could there be someone he has wronged? Is someone coming to do him harm as he lies helplessly in bed? Then comes the morning he wakes up next to a dead body, and realizes his nightmare is just beginning"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Booklist Editors' Choice!</strong></p><p><strong>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><em>In the end, has anyone really led a blameless life?</em></p><p>Injured in a freak fall, novelist Gerry Andersen is confined to a hospital bed in his glamorous high-rise apartment, dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse.</p><p>Then late one night, the phone rings. The caller claims to be the "real" Aubrey, the alluring title character from his most successful novel, <em>Dream Girl</em>. But there is no real Aubrey. She's a figment born of a writer's imagination, despite what many believe or claim to know. 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 a dreamlike state in which he is haunted by his own past: his faithless father, his devoted mother; the women who loved him, the women he loved.</p><p>And now here is Aubrey, threatening to visit him, suggesting that she is owed something. Is the threat real or is it a sign of dementia? Which scenario would he prefer? Gerry has never been so alone, so confused - and so terrified.</p><p>Chilling and compulsively readable, touching on timely issues that include power, agency, appropriation, and creation, <em>Dream Girl</em> is a superb blend of psychological suspense and horror that reveals the mind and soul of a writer.</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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