title: One Day in the Life of Alexa
author:  Lisa Mason 
description: <b><span>One Day in the Life of Alexa</span></b><span>, by <b>Lisa Mason</b> (Bast Books,2017) incorporates <b>lively prose</b>,past/present time jumps, and the consequences of longevity technology. Kosovorefugee Alexa enrolls in a secret pilot program designed to extend her lifespan. Her best friend, Marya, is not accepted, but Marya's infant aka "LittleMonster" is. As the decades roll by, Alexa adapts to a life of constantmeasurement and surveillance. . . . In reflection, the book is as much aboutthe enduring trauma of war as it is about longevity technology, and in this itfeels more <b>like mainstream</b> thanscience fiction. . . . [I]t's <b>a quick,absorbing read with an appealing narrator and subtly powerful emotional rhythms.</b></span><br /><b><span>--Goodreads</span></b>
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  Could her biggest competition...  
  ...become her babies’ father?
  
  
  Alexa Moore is the definition of independent. She runs her own successful
  business _and_ she’s decided to start a longed-for family—by herself! But
  after business rival Benjamin Foster comes to her rescue and pretends to be
  her boyfriend for a night, their earth-shattering kiss sparks Alexa’s desire
  to share much more with him... But having Benjamin in her life means she must
  confide in him—she’s pregnant with twins!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Alexa was **crying**.
  
  
  In public. In front of Benjamin. Because she was pregnant and because she had
  to tell him the truth. It was terrifying.
  
  
  She pulled away from his touch, comforting—disturbingly so—as it was, and
  reached into her bag for a tissue. She found one, mopped herself up and
  sternly told her hormones she wouldn’t stand for tears again. When she was
  certain they’d got the picture, she downed the rest of her tea, l