Polly and Odd have choices:
"I should have died quick. But I didn't. I'm a miracle of modern medicine, only the medicine doesn't get much credit, I notice. People say I'm lucky, or I'm blessed, and then they turn away.
I'm not the only miracle. There's Odd too." Polly Furnas had The Plan for the future. Get married to Bridger Morgan, for one. College, career, babies. All the important choices were made. It was all happily-ever-after as a diamond ring commercial. But The Plan did not include a lethal drug-resistant infection. It did not include "some more reconstruction and scar revision in the future." And it certainly did not include Odd Estes, a trip to Portland in an ancient Cadillac to "tear Bridger a new one," fly fishing, marshmallows, Crisco, or a loaded gun. But plans change. Stories get revised and new choices must be made. |
Reviews
Kirkus Review says, "It's not a romance. . . . Heartbreakingly honest. (starred)
Publishers Weekly says it "forces readers to re-evaluate life's random cruelties and the idea of survival."
Booklist calls it "a roadtrip outfitted with some nearly Kerouacian moments."
Liz B. of A Chair, a Fireplace and a Tea Cozy"...both Odd and Polly were tough to like but easy to love."
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