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The Remedy

The Remedy 1

by Suzanne Young
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/05/2015
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Can one girl take on so many identities without losing her own? Find out in this riveting companion to The Program and the New York Times bestselling The Treatment.

In a world before The Program...

Quinlan McKee is a closer. Since the age of seven, Quinn has held the responsibility of providing closure to grieving families with a special skill--she can "become" anyone.

Recommended by grief counselors, Quinn is hired by families to take on the short-term role of a deceased loved one between the ages of fifteen and twenty. She's not an exact copy, of course, but she wears their clothes and changes her hair, studies them through pictures and videos, and soon, Quinn can act like them, smell like them, and be them for all intents and purposes. But to do her job successfully, she can't get attached.

Now seventeen, Quinn is deft at recreating herself, sometimes confusing her own past with those of the people she's portrayed. When she's given her longest assignment, playing the role of Catalina Barnes, Quinn begins to bond with the deceased girl's boyfriend. But that's only the beginning of the complications, especially when Quinn finds out the truth about Catalina's death. And the epidemic it could start.

ISBN:
9781481437653
9781481437653
Category:
Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-05-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon Pulse
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
209.55x139.7x35.56mm
Weight:
0.48kg
Suzanne Young

Suzanne Young is the New York Times bestselling author of The Program series. Originally from Utica, New York, Suzanne moved to Arizona to pursue her dream of not freezing to death.

She is a novelist and an English teacher, but not always in that order. Suzanne is also the author of Girls with Sharp Sticks, All in Pieces, Hotel for the Lost, and several others novels for teens.

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The Remedy was wilting like a lettuce leaf in the 3-star range for me — and then HELLO TO THAT EPILOGUE. How can three final pages change everything so suddenly and horrendously?! Basically this book is incredible.

This is a prequel to The Program, but you could read it as a standalone.

The premise is quite odd, with a company that allows you to hire people who will go take the place of a dead-loved-one in your life and coach a family through the grief processes. It’s “therapy”. It’s designed so the family will be able to “say their goodbyes”. ISN’T THAT KINDA CREEPY?! And the book definitely acknowledges that feeling because Closers get abused a lot by people who think their job is sick. But, ultimately, they do help the families get closure and move on with their lives.

There’s mystery and secrets because noooo one is telling the truth or giving all the details.

It’s totally an emotional read, but not exactly satisfying. I still have a bucketload of questions about the world. I spent the whole book feeling hot and cold towards it. I LOVED it one minute, and then had too many questions the next. Ohhhh but the ENDING IS TERRIFIC.

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