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The Fix: The sharp, gripping, funny and moving debut novel about a miracle anti-ageing jab I love this book Sara Pascoe
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Forty-five-year-old Julia is a freelance journalist mired in the myriad pressures of midlife, until a dream commission promises to transform her flagging career. A pioneering anti-ageing drug is poised to launch in the UK, claiming to turn back the clock. One quick injection, and Julia can throw off the shackles of middle-age and secure a prominent byline in the country's most respected newspaper.
But as the fix takes effect, Julia finds herself newly visible, and when her own needs and desires rise to the fore, life spins into chaos. Her husband is blindsided, her daughters appalled, her best friend ecstatic. But is looking young the same as being young? And once you've spent your youth, what is the cost of getting it back?
Provocative, resonant and funny, The Fix is a story of power and patriarchy, family and autonomy, and how we reconcile the person we once were with the person we've become.
Praise for The Fix
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To describe this book as honest, brave, empathetic and powerful doesn't do it justice - it is all these things in abundance, but also funny and beautiful
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A stunning, urgent, feminist masterpiece . . . I'm buying copies for everyone I know
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To say her work is genius would be an understatement. A masterpiece . . . so much of it is universal and all of it is important
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Courageous . . . Bursting with urgency. Read this book to know you are not alone
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