{"product_id":"heroic-measures-9780307386786","title":"Heroic Measures","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the major motion picture \u003ci\u003e5 Flights Up\u003c\/i\u003e starring Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York City is on high alert--a gasoline truck is \"stuck\" in the Midtown tunnel and the driver has fled. Through panic and gridlock, Alex and Ruth must transport their beloved old dachshund--whose back legs are suddenly paralyzed--to the animal hospital, using a cutting board as a stretcher. But this is also the weekend when Alex and Ruth must sell the apartment in which they have lived for most of their adult lives. Over the course of forty-eight hours, as the mystery of the missing truck driver terrorizes the city and the dachshund's life hangs in the balance, the bidding war over their apartment becomes a barometer for collective hope and despair. Told in shifting points of view--Alex's, Ruth's, and the little dog's--\u003ci\u003eHeroic Measures\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, deft novel about urban anxiety and the love that deepens over years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307386786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 6.64w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/11\/2010 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jill Ciment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643938242741,"sku":"9780307386786","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2b0abb70-adc7-4c18-a764-9fa22654ca82.jpg?v=1708444977","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/heroic-measures-9780307386786","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}