LAW OF SIMILARS

by Chris Bohjalian
 
This is a throwback, classic Bohjalian from 1999 that I picked up at a library book sale. 

I always love his Northern Kingdom settings and the slow unraveling of the very human mysteries. This book follows a recently widowed state’s attorney raising his young daughter alone in rural Vermont.  After not being able to shake a fall cold, he goes to see the local homeopath, and finds himself deeply in love.  But things get complicated when another of her patients ends up in the hospital.
 
Bohjalian does a wonderful job of weaving in the history of homeopathy, which I didn’t know was different from all the other home remedies and natural cures of alternative medicine.  I also enjoyed the throwback 90’s details like web pages taking minutes to load!
 
This book is a treat to read and you won’t want to put it down! (Lily)