There Will Never Be Another You Lib/E: (Sound Library)

It is a moment in the near future when the threat of terror has cultivated rage, apathy, and panic across the country. For Phil, a dermatologist at the UCLA hospital, it is a time of unease, in contrast to the days when he coasted through life on his good looks and middling charm. In addition to having to deal with his mother, Edith, who's emerging after years of grieving over her late husband, Phil has been recruited for a secret terror-response team. The assignment just may provide an ordinary man a chance at heroism.

About the Author :
Carolyn See is the author of many novels, including The Handyman and Golden Days, as well as such acclaimed works of nonfiction as Making a Literary Life and Other Dreamers and Dreaming. She is also a book critic for the Washington Post and has been on the boards of the National Book Critics Circle and PEN/West International. She has won both Guggenheim and Getty fellowships and currently teaches English at UCLA. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California. C.J. Critt is a much-admired audiobook performer who has appeared on and Off-Broadway, in stand-up comedy, solo performance, and poetry slams. She is a Cable Ace winner and staff writer for Radio Disney.

Review :
"A novel alive with wit and love and energy--a book about things falling apart that turns out to be a day at the beach...Pure joy." -- "Joan Didion" "Artistic and soulful master achievement...The novel's deep resonance lies in her imaginative yet meaningful juxtaposition of global issues and domestic ones." -- "Booklist" "Never dull, See's seventh [novel] throws an idiosyncratic light on our contemporary age of anxiety." -- "Kirkus" "Potent and poignant...A remarkable achievement." -- "The Washington Post" "See's ability to intertwine these people's personal worries with a collective sense of dread is what's most impressive here, along with her trademark doomsday pluckiness. She's the best kind of novelist to read in an emergency mood, growing calmer and more self-assured as the anxiety melts." -- "Baltimore Sun" "See's potent new novel articulates the instinctive, human impulse toward connection in the face of mortality...the fracturing and coalescing relationships mirror the drama of a possible epidemic as See's utterly believable characters fumble for love and meaning." -- "Publishers Weekly" "Spare and elliptical...generous...hopeful...quirky twists and turns are closer to life as we know it than the predictable pathways of more conventional fiction." -- "Columbus Dispatch" "This timely story will appeal to many despite its reminder that life will never be what it once was." -- "AudioFile" "True-to-life characters and insight into the human condition power this life-affirming novel. Readers will have no trouble identifying with the resilient protagonists, and they will find comfort in See's nonapocalyptic vision of the future." -- "Library Journal" "Unadorned pitch perfect sentences...See writes about a threatening near-future, but she also writes so well that even her most devastating lines and moments give you hope." -- "San Francisco Chronicle"