“Snowbound in Maine, two strangers struggle to survive–fighting, flirting, baring secrets. Their sexy, snappy dialogue will keep you racing through.” —People
“A snowstorm hits a small town in Maine, trapping strangers in a cabin: Danielle, who is homeless, and Eric, a lawyer who swoops in to help her. As temps drop, tensions rise and passions flare.” —
Good Housekeeping
“
The Remedy for Love is a page-turner, a love story and a vivid drama of man (and woman) against the elements. Those who read and loved Roorbach’s sprawling, eccentric Life Among Giants, coming to HBO as a dramatic series, will be a little surprised to see that The Remedy for Love is nothing like it–except that it’s a great read by a wonderful writer who obviously has many tricks up his sleeve.” —Newsday
“[A] superbly grown-up love story . . . Another expertly delivered portrait of the world from Roorbach (
Life Among Giants, 2012, etc.), that poet of hopeless tangles.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Part survival tale and part romance . . . Roorbach does well in the limited space, keeping the narrative tight without being claustrophobic . . . There’s more depth to the fierce and mercurial Danielle than meets the eye, which gives [the characters’] interactions spark as the storm rages outside and something even more powerful develops within.” —
Booklist
“One of the best novels of this or any year . . . A flat-out funny, sexy, and poignant romantic thriller.” —
David Abrams, author of Fobbit
“
The Remedy for Love is not the remedy for sleep deprivation. You’ll stay up all night . . . It is relentless and brilliant. Leave it to Roorbach to tease out the subtlest nuances in the progress of love while stoking a tale that is as gripping as any Everest expedition–and that is also tender and terrifying and funny and, in the end, so true it seems inevitable. I’m not sure there’s another American writing today who can lay down a love story, or any story, with the depth and appeal and freshness of Bill Roorbach.” —Peter Heller, author of The Dog Stars―Review quotes
“A flat-out funny, sexy, and poignant romantic thriller.”*
“One of the best novels of this or any year.” —*David Abrams, author of
Fobbit
“A superbly grown-up love story . . . Another expertly delivered portrait of the world from Roorbach, that poet of hopeless tangles.” —
Kirkus Reviews, starred, named toKirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2014
“
The Remedy for Love is not the remedy for sleep deprivation. You’ll stay up all night . . . I’m not sure there’s another American writing today who can lay down a love story, or any story, with the depth and appeal and freshness of Bill Roorbach.” —Peter Heller, author of The Dog Stars and The Painter
Praise for
Life Among Giants
“A bighearted, big-boned story . . .
Life Among Giants reads like something written by a kinder, gentler John Irving . . . Roorbach is a humane and entertaining storyteller with a smooth, graceful style.” —The Washington Post
“Hilarious and heartbreaking, wild and wise, Bill Roorbach’s
Life Among Giants, which is earning comparisons toThe World According to Garp, is a vivid
chronicle of a life lived large.” —Parade
“Consistently surprising and truly entertaining . . . Part thriller, part family drama,
Life Among Giants is deliciously strange and deeply affecting.” —The Boston Globe
“A dizzy romp . . . Alive, electric and surprisingly dangerous.” —
The New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Bill Roorbach is the author of ten books, including the Montana Award-winning Lucky Turtle, The Girl of the Lake, the Kirkus Prize finalist The Remedy for Love, the bestselling Life Among Giants, and the Flannery O’Connor Award–winning collection Big Bend. Roorbach has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His craft book, Writing Life Stories, has been in print for over twenty-five years. His writing has appeared in Harper’s, the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic,The New York Times Book Review, Ploughshares, Granta, Ecotone, New York magazine, The American Scholar, and other publications. He lives in Maine with his family.
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