Still Life

Publisher Marketing: "New York Times "bestselling author Joy Fielding delivers a riveting tale of suspense, told from the viewpoint of a young woman trapped in a coma, but all-too-aware of the terrible things being done to herBeautiful, happily married, surrounded by loving friends, and the owner of a successful interior design business, Casey Marshall couldn't be more content with her life. Until a car slams into her at almost fifty miles an hour, breaking nearly every bone in her body, and plunging her into a coma that leaves her conscious but unable to move or communicate. Lying in her hospital bed, observing and listening to visitors, who assume she is oblivious to what they are saying, she quickly discovers that her friends aren't necessarily the people she thought them to be--and that her accident might not have been an accident at all. As she struggles to break free from her living death, she begins to wonder if what lies ahead could be even worse."It is Fielding's ability to get under the skin of her characters--and her readers--that has made her such a dependably bestselling author," says the "Calgary Herald" . Smart, suspenseful, and overwhelmingly addictive, "Still Life" is a novel her fans won't soon forget. Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/15/2008 pg. 52 (EAN 9781416585275, Hardcover) Booklist 12/15/2008 pg. 5 (EAN 9781416585275, Hardcover) People Weekly 04/13/2009 pg. 58 (EAN 9781416585275, Hardcover) Romantic Times 05/01/2009 pg. 87 (EAN 9781416585275, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Fielding, Joy Joy Fielding's ability to portray the lives of ordinary women inextraordinary circumstances--as in See Jane Run andTell Me No Secrets--has made her an internationalbestselling author. She lives in Toronto with herhusband and their two daughters, and spends partof the year in Palm Beach, Florida.