Side Effects May Vary

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Synopsis

What if you'd been living your life as if you were dying—only to find out that you had your whole future ahead of you?

When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, her prognosis is grim. To maximize the time she does have, she vows to spend her final months righting wrongs—however she sees fit. She convinces her friend Harvey, who she knows has always had feelings for her, to help her with a crazy bucket list that's as much about revenge (humiliating her ex-boyfriend and getting back at her archnemesis) as it is about hope (doing something unexpectedly kind for a stranger). But just when Alice's scores are settled, she goes into remission.

Now Alice is forced to face the con­sequences of all that she's said and done, as well as her true feelings for Harvey. But has she caused irreparable damage to the people around her—and to the one person who matters most?

Julie Murphy's Side Effects May Vary is a fearless and moving tour de force about love, life, and facing your own mortality.

Chapters

  • SideEffectsMayVary_41_HarveyThen

    Duration: 11min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_42_AliceNow

    Duration: 10min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_43_HarveyNow

    Duration: 06min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_44_AliceNow

    Duration: 15min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_45_HarveyNow

    Duration: 12min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_46_AliceNow

    Duration: 12min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_47_AliceNow

    Duration: 09min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_48_HarveyNow

    Duration: 04min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_49_HarveyNow

    Duration: 02min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_50_HarveyNow

    Duration: 19min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_51_Credits

    Duration: 33s
  • sample-138

    Duration: 01min
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