false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173404070m/283387.jpg 283387 3 "IF SHE DIES, I'll die," are the words 15-year-old Mia Perlman writes in her journal the night her mother is diagnosed with cancer. Nine days later, Mia's mother is dead, and Mia, her older sister, and her father must find a way to live on in the face of sudden, unfathomable loss. But even in grief, there is the chance for new beginnings in this poignant, funny, and hopeful novel. 2216097 13 2 2007 Cures for Heartbreak total:204|5:41|4:82|3:65|2:14|1:2| 204 758 359 65 0 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 15 16:08:58 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 16:31:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Aug 28 07:44:26 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 06:13:37 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 07:44:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 03 15:53:18 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 15:54:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 06 13:32:35 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 13:42:27 -0700 2009 once
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When Mia is 15, her mother is diagnosed with melanoma, then dies 12 days later. Mia had been very close to her mother. They understood each other, in the same way Mia's sister Alex and their father understand each other. Just as th...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 04 07:53:08 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 07:54:20 -0700 2008
“Most recently, Alex and I’d argued over which subway stop was closest to our house; that morning we’d huffed off to the 46th Street and 52nd Street stations separately.”

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CURES FOR HEARTBREAK reads more like a series of interconnected short stories than a novel, but the format works. It gives the readers brief, poignant glimpses into the life of its narrator, Mia, during the first year after her mother's sudden de...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 20:23:59 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 09:49:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 18 21:28:29 -0700 2007 Fri May 18 21:51:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 09:03:23 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 09:04:30 -0700 2007
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