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"An immediately gripping, expertly woven tale of pain and healing. Ledger is a brilliant writer." -Elin Hilderbrand
Sinon and Emily Bear look like a couple who have it all. Simon is a respected doctor; Emily shines as a public relations expert who spins away her corporate clients' mistakes. Yet as their 13-year-old daughter's troubled summer reveals, all is not perfect inside this home.
Simon has stumbled upon an obscure drug that may revolutionize the treatment of pain. In his excitement, he barely notices that Emily is seeking relief from the family's tragic past. And neither fully realizes how much danger their daughter is in. Soon, everything they have will be on the brink of collapse, and there will be no masking the symptoms or hiding the truth any more.
Ledger's accomplished debut offers a compelling view of married life through the prism of unacknowledged grief. Baltimore physician Simon Bear is a confident, magnanimous man with an inflated view of himself and his abilities. His wife, Emily, a star public relations executive, handles corporate crises with an ease, but can't find a way to connect with their moody adolescent daughter, Jamie. While the Bears outwardly appear an enviably successful couple, neither Simon nor Emily has ever resolved the tragic and early death of their firstborn. Simon buries himself in work and with all-consuming hobbies (his latest is winemaking). Emily, too, is consumed by work, though she's privately devastated about her shortcomings as a mother and tempted by another man. Jamie, meanwhile, presses her mother's buttons, knowing she can never make up for the loss of the dead brother she never knew. Ledger follows the trajectory from achievement to failure with rare insight, suggesting that it is through Jamie that Simon and Emily can find redemption. An impressive portrait of a family in crisis, executed with finesse and assurance. (Aug.)
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Robert Harvey
reviewed Remedies on August 09, 2009
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I am one of the fortunate readers to receive an advanced copy of Remedies by Kate Ledger through Goodreads.com. It took me a scant two days to read it because I found it difficult to put down.
The story is driven by its well fleshed characters. It took me in from the first few pages. I felt as though I was living in the heads of the main characters, privy to their most intimate fears, longings and shortcomings.
I have known people who have been rocked to their core by the tragic death of a child. They either pull together or break apart. The Bears began a dance of avoidance from the moment Caleb died. Emily stowed her grief away and tried to ignore it like the plastic box marked 'Baby' shelved in her basement. Simon expected her wrath and abandonment from the onset. Her announcement of a separation almost sixteen years later came almost as a relief from the expectation of a punishment long overdue. His avoidance technique was to dive into work and impulsive projects like a zealot. Their daughter, Jamie, became the real loser, ignored emotionally and unable to compete with the ghost of a baby brother who died before she was born. I loved the way it ended. It is left for the reader to decide if there is any hope at all for this family to bond.
I will definitely be recommending this book to both of my book clubs. There will be much to talk about with this one.
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