The Half Life
- Authors: Jennifer Weiner
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- Genres: General Fiction
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- Release Date: 2010
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About the book
From Redbook's Red-Hot Read series, a short story by the New York Times #1 bestselling author of In Her Shoes and Fly Away Home
"My life is over," Piper DeWitt thinks to herself as she waits for her flight in the bustling International Terminal of Philadelphia airport. She is about to embark on a business trip to Paris, a city known for its romance. The image of her husband, Tosh, loading his suitcase into a taxi the day before flashes through her mind. He had been expressing his unhappiness for months, and despite Piper's hope that it was just a temporary phase, a call to her mother from the Admiral's Club confirms that he has left her, their home, and their young daughter in her mother's care.
Piper had met Tosh when she was just twenty-two, in a way that self-help books often claimed - when she least expected it. Now, at forty, she questions how their marriage had reached such a difficult point over the years. When her flight is canceled due to the volcanic ash from Iceland affecting travel in Europe, a charming stranger offers to share a cab with her. In that moment, Piper realizes that she has the opportunity to break away from her current life. As she spends a day exploring her own city like a tourist, she hopes that she can eventually find her way back home.
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