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The Remedy For Love: A Novel (2014)

by Bill Roorbach(Favorite Author)

3.35 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1616203315 (ISBN13: 9781616203313)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Algonquin Books

review 1: Wondering what it would be like to be snowed in like many in Western New York? Bill Roorbach focuses on a “storm of the century” in his latest novel, The Remedy for Love. Typical of anyone who lived in a snowy area when an unprecedented storm is forecast for much of Maine, local lawyer Eric stops at the market for a few things. Ahead of him in line is someone unknown to the small town, a young woman in what appears to be dire straits. When she does not have enough money to pay for her items Eric is drawn in by her temperament and finds that he is intrigued by the young woman. When he later sees her struggling with her packages he offers her a lift, suspecting that she is homeless. He quickly learns that her name is Danielle and that she is in fact squatting in a ... moreshack located in a remote ravine near the river. Danielle is dismissive of Eric’s offers to help her, yet a short time after he drops her off at the side of the road he is compelled to follow her into the woods to ensure that she will be safely able to weather the storm. After another heated refusal for help Eric makes his way back to the road to discover his car has been towed and is forced to return to the cabin and Danielle to ride out the storm. Forced to ride out the epic storm together in the shack with no heat except for an old wood burning stove, no water except what they can haul from the river, and no electricity the two begin to learn about one another, for better or worse. A compelling read that is not only a thrilling survival story but also an exploration of grief, love, and humanity, The Remedy for Love will haunt readers long after the final page has been read.
review 2: Ingredients: The storm of the century, a cabin meant for summer, two disparate and dispirited strangers unwilling of each others company, a good heart, maybe two--hard to say, since everything out of her mouth appears to be a half-truth. Believable, frustrating, cliff-hanging, mysterious, nominated for the prestigious Kirkus Prize, 'The Remedy for Love' grabbed me by the hand and held me in ways that the winner, 'Euphoria' by Lily King, did not. I was surprised, since paddling with alligators and exotic cultures are more my territory than snowstorms in Maine. Roorbach sets himself a challenge by placing two characters in confinement for most of the book, which he remedies with a spot-on talent for producing dialogue--unsaid, dangling, duplicitous, sweet, mean,and real. You will care, you will eventually want to claw your way out of the cabin no matter what the stakes and, like them, you won't leave until it's time. less

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