- Three
- Disaster
- Survivors
- Must
- Survive
- Each
- OtherWisecracking,
- ineptly
- lustful
- Hayden
- is
- the
- disgruntled
- proofreading
- coordinator
- at
- a
- large
- San
- Francisco
- leasing
- company.
- His
- big
- secret
- is
- that
- he's
- writing
- a
- novel
- that
- he
- hopes
- will
- change
- his
- fortunes.Megan,
- his
- prim,
- overachiever
- boss,
- a
- former
- editor
- at
- a
- publishing
- house,
- has
- a
- secret
- too:
- she's
- a
- closet
- alcoholic.Jacob,
- the
- homeless
- vet
- who
- begs
- outside
- their
- office,
- once
- a
- hopeless
- drunk
- himself,
- wouldn't
- know
- and
- wouldn't
- care
- about
- any
- office
- intrigues.That
- is,
- until
- the
- 1989
- earthquake
- throws
- all
- their
- fates
- together--in
- life-altering
- ways.The
- interplay
- of
- the
- irreverent
- schemer,
- the
- guarded
- alcoholic
- and
- the
- stoic
- veteran
- makes
- for
- an
- at
- times
- rollicking,
- at
- times
- sad
- collision
- of
- lives,
- where
- romances
- backfire
- and
- family
- secrets
- are
- revealed.Sometimes
- hilarious,
- sometimes
- harrowing,
- the
- book's
- themes
- touch
- on
- the
- AIDS
- crisis,
- corporate
- vacuity,
- family
- dramas,
- awkward
- sex--and
- even
- the
- Bronte
- sisters.Through
- the
- fragile
- fault
- lines
- of
- these
- rocky
- relationships
- runs
- loss,
- humor,
- and
- the
- longing
- for connection.
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