How to fall in love
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
How to fall in love
AUTHOR:
Ahern, Cecelia, 1981-
ISBN:
9780007481583
EDITION:
Special overseas ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014
PHYSICAL_DESC:
416 p. ; 18 cm
ABSTRACT:
She has just two weeks. Two weeks to teach him how to fall in love - with his own life. Adam Basil and Christine Rose are thrown together late one night, when Christine is crossing the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin. Adam is there, poised, threatening to jump. Adam is desperate - but Christine makes a crazy deal with him. His 35th birthday is looming and she bets him that before then she can show him life is worth living . Despite her determination, Christine knows what a dangerous promise she's made. Against the ticking of the clock, the two of them embark on wild escapades, grand romantic gestures and some unlikely late-night outings. Slowly, Christine thinks Adam is starting to fall back in love with his life. But is that all that's happening...?
SUBJECT:
| Self-acceptance -- Fiction |
| Wagers -- Fiction |
| Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Psychotherapists -- Fiction |
| Suicide -- Fiction |
| Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction |
| Love stories |
BIBSUMMARY:
She has just two weeks. Two weeks to teach him how to fall in love - with his own life. Adam Basil and Christine Rose are thrown together late one night, when Christine is crossing the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin. Adam is there, poised, threatening to jump. Adam is desperate - but Christine makes a crazy deal with him. His 35th birthday is looming and she bets him that before then she can show him life is worth living . Despite her determination, Christine knows what a dangerous promise she's made. Against the ticking of the clock, the two of them embark on wild escapades, grand romantic gestures and some unlikely late-night outings. Slowly, Christine thinks Adam is starting to fall back in love with his life. But is that all that's happening...?