So Much for That LP A Novel
So Much for That LP A Novel by Lionel Shriver, published by Harper Collins on March 9, 2010, is a large print edition comprising 744 pages. This novel presents a candid exploration of a marriage tested by the challenges of serious illness. The story follows Shep Knacker, who has long dreamed of escaping to an idyllic retreat after selling his home repair business. However, his plans are complicated by his wife Glynis’s urgent need for his health insurance, revealing the harsh realities of their situation.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into the complexities of love and commitment amid the strains of medical crises. The novel is enriched with multiple medical subplots that highlight the human costs associated with American health care. Through the lens of Shep and Glynis’s relationship, Shriver examines themes of intimacy, resilience, and the unexpected moments of tenderness that can arise in the face of adversity. This edition invites readers to reflect on the value of life and the sacrifices made for loved ones.
Official synopsis Publisher
From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World comes a searing, ruthlessly honest new novel about a marriage both stressed and strengthened by the demands of serious illness.
Shep Knacker has long saved for “The Afterlife”: an idyllic retreat to the Third World where his nest egg can last forever. Traffic jams on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will be replaced with “talking, thinking, seeing, and being”—and enough sleep. When he sells his home repair business for a cool million dollars, his dream finally seems within reach. Yet Glynis, his wife of twenty-six years, has concocted endless excuses why it’s never the right time to go. Weary of working as a peon for the jerk who bought his company, Shep announces he’s leaving for a Tanzanian island, with or without her.
Just returned from a doctor’s appointment, Glynis has some news of her own: Shep can’t go anywhere because she desperately needs his health insurance. But their policy only partially covers the staggering bills for her treatments, and Shep’s nest egg for The Afterlife soon cracks under the strain.
Enriched with three medical subplots that also explore the human costs of American health care, So Much for That follows the profound transformation of a marriage, for which grave illness proves an unexpected opportunity for tenderness, renewed intimacy, and dry humor. In defiance of her dark subject matter, Shriver writes a page-turner that presses the question: How much is one life worth?
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