Side Effects May Vary

Try it Now Firm without compromise. Cancel whenever you want.

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_21_AliceNow

    Duration: 12min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_22_HarveyThen

    Duration: 15min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_23_AliceThen

    Duration: 11min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_24_HarveyThen

    Duration: 07min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_25_HarveyThen

    Duration: 16min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_26_HarveyNow

    Duration: 08min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_27_AliceThen

    Duration: 07min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_28_HarveyNow

    Duration: 05min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_29_HarveyNow

    Duration: 10min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_30_AliceThen

    Duration: 21min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_31_AliceNow

    Duration: 09min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_32_HarveyThen

    Duration: 20min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_33_AliceThen

    Duration: 05min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_34_AliceThen

    Duration: 08min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_35_HarveyNow

    Duration: 07min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_36_AliceNow

    Duration: 08min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_37_HarveyNow

    Duration: 05min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_38_HarveyNow

    Duration: 06min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_39_AliceNow

    Duration: 10min
  • SideEffectsMayVary_40_AliceNow

    Duration: 16min
page 2 from 3