(Portobello Books 2007)
Remedy is a satirical variation on the theme of the American in Paris. A modern-day, upside-down fairy tale, it recounts the amorous adventures and philosophical musings of Remedy O’Riley de Valdez, a young and rather eccentric American working for an on-line fashion site. Faithful to her name, she looks for remedies of all sorts and in all directions, from the columns of a woman’s magazine, to Catholicism, feng shui, belly dancing, diverse cultures and creeds, and men and relationships. Remedy’s ostensible mission is to meet her prince, yet she cannot help reinventing the world around her and this determination to turn life’s contradictions into more palatable paradoxes reveals her deeper purpose. Meditating daily on the lives of the saints, Remedy believes that spiritual enlightenment and romantic fulfillment might just be around the corner…
Remedy has been published by Feltrinelli Editore in Italian under the title Per Tutti i Santi . Rights were acquired by AST Publishers in Moscow. Option rights for a film adaptation have been acquired by Screen Siren Pictures.
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