All Fall Down: A Novel

ISBN: 1451617798

Author: Weiner, Jennifer

Condition: New

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author comes her best book yet (Philadelphia Inquirer),a compulsively readable novel that shows theres no doubt Weiner knows how to deliver a certain kind of story, and well (The New York Times Book Review).Allison Weiss got her happy ending-a handsome husband, an adorable daughter, a job she loves, and the big house in the suburbs. But while waiting in the pediatricians office, she opens a magazine to a quiz about addiction and starts to wonderIs a Percocet at the end of the day really different from a glass of wine? Is it such a bad thing to pop a Vicodin after a brutal Jump & Pump classor if your husband ignores you? She tells herself that the pills help her make it through her daysbut what if her increasing drug use, a habit thats becoming expensive and hard to hide, is turning into her biggest problem of all?Hailed as a witty, realistic criticism on the modern age (Boston Herald), this remarkable story of a womans fall into addiction and struggle to find her way back up again is Jennifer Weiners most masterful, moving, and celebrated work yet.