Remedies - Hardcover

Ledger, Kate

3.19

317 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399155899 ISBN 13: 9780399155895

Publisher: Penguin Adult HC/TR, 2009

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Simon Bear, a respected doctor, and Emily Bear, a partner in a PR firm, excel in their professional lives, but have hit a rut in their marriage after a devastating loss fifteen years ago, a situation that is further complicated when a lover from Emily's past resurfaces and forces her to examine her marriage anew. A first novel.

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About the Author:

Kate Ledger received an M.F.A. in fiction from the University of Arizona and works as a freelance writer, specializing in health and medicine.

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Starred Review. 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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