Alternative Remedies For Loss
SYNOPSIS
When 22-year-old Olivia learned that her mother had only months to live, she pulled up roots, leaving Vassar and her career plans far behind to be with her mother for her last days. And yet, just four months after her mother’s death, everyone in Olivia’s family already seems ready to move on. Her brothers are settled comfortably in careers and families of their own; her father has already started to date again, inviting a woman named June on a family trip. Still reeling from the loss, Olivia looks for a new start of her own, throwing herself headlong into Manhattan’s fast-moving media world, where she is alternately demeaned by bosses and pursued by men. But as Olivia tries to piece together an adulthood without her mother to guide her, she makes a shocking discovery: a secret romantic correspondence her mother had with a man who only signed each letter “F.” As she tries to untangle the mystery of F, Olivia will journey halfway across the world, to an ashram in rural India, on a quest that will reconfigure everything Olivia thought she knew about her family and her own place in an increasingly complex world.
Author: Joanna Cantor
Page Count: 320 pages
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 4 stars
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Buy It: Chapters Indigo // Book Depository
MILANA'S REVIEW
This book came to me at a good time, that being a time where I too am exploring who I am and figuring out how life should unfold in the midst of my 20s. A strong protagonist, great character growth and a complicated story about family. I found myself cheering the main character on as she navigates through her loss to find herself again. What I loved about this book was that Olivia felt real to me and it truly pulled on those shades of grey in life.
The one hiccup that knocked it down a star was that there were cuts from chapter to chapter and the transition wasn't there. But it did not affect my read, I still really delved into the novel deeply. Pick this one up if you're looking for a powerful read perhaps it may help you as it helped me.
**Thank you Bloomsbury Publishing for sending me a copy for an honest review.**