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It didn't start out as the worst day of Natalie Miller's life. . . .
As the top aide to New York's powerful woman senator, Natalie's moving rapidly up the political ladder. She works hard, stays late, and enjoys every bit of it. Then her neglected boyfriend announces he's leaving. But that's only the beginning. Her doctor gives her the worst news any woman can hear, and suddenly the life Natalie needs to change is her own.
The time has come for her to overcome her strange obsession with The Price Is Right and take a tough look at the choices she's made. She'll start by tracking down the five loves of her life in order to assess what went wrong. And by revisiting her past, Natalie just might discover exciting new paths to unexplored places—and learn how to stop barreling through life long enough to really embrace it.
"Allison Winn Scotch is the real deal and The Department of Lost and Found is one you absolutely won't want to miss." —Johanna Edwards, author of The Next Big Thing
"Funny, touching, tender, true. . . . I loved it." —Pamela Redmond Satran, New York Times bestselling author of Younger
"Engrossing." —Valerie Frankel, author of Smart Vs. Pretty
"Allison Winn Scotch's thoroughly engaging and optimistic debut novel simply sparkles!" — Claire Cook, New York Times bestselling author of Life's A Beach
"Smart and well-written." —Marie Claire
"A light, fast and fun read on a serious topic." —Philadelphia Inquirer
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Release date
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780061865787
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- ISBN: 9780061865787
- File size: 934 KB
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- English
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Reviews
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February 12, 2007
Some side-effects of cancer treatment are pretty fabulous in magazine writer Scotch's debut novel. Natalie Miller, a driven 30-year-old senior aideto a woman senator from New York, is having a rough time: just days after she's diagnosed with breast cancer, her cheating live-in boyfriend ditches her. She's feeling gloomy, then, when she begins chemo. (Her hunky and sweet gynecologist, Zach, is a mitigating factor.) Though the election is six weeks away, Natalie is ordered to stay home, where she writes in her diary (excerpts appear throughout) and becomes addicted to The Price Is Right
while an ambitious junior aide takes over her job. Natalie battles through rounds of chemo and a mastectomy until, out of the blue, an old love, up-and-coming rocker Jake, comes back to take care of her. He seems intent on making things work, but Natalie's long-simmering (and seemingly requited) attraction to Zach only intensifies. Meanwhile, Natalie's journalist friend Sally lands her first big story: an exposé of Natalie's boss. Her loyalties on the line and her cancer on the wane, Natalie makes some tough choices about the postcancer person she wants to be. Character development is secondary to the affirmative message in this bonbon of a cancer book.
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