Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers. Once opened, the law of similars is a hard book to put down. It is about a lawyer who has a four year old daughter and whose wife passed away a few years before. Carissa lake is a homeopath a practitioner of a form of alternative medicine that uses small amounts of herbs that in large amounts would be deadly to cure a variety of illnesses. Most of them are new york times bestsellers such as secrets of eden, midwives, before you know kindness, law of similars, the night strangers, skeletons at the feast and double bind. Thats essentially what we mean by the law of similars. He is also an avid bicyclist in the summer and gym rat in the winter.
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Set against the ongoing clash between conventional and alternative medicine, the law of similars is a haunting, deeply atmospheric tale a pageturning examination of the fragile threads that hold people together when the worst that can. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. When one of homeopath carissa lakes patients falls into an allergyinduced coma, possibly due to her prescribed remedy, leland fowlers. Dec 29, 1998 bohjalian s book, the law of similars is a bit like watching a train wreck as the reader morbidly watches a very sympathetic main character risk disassembling his life and career before our eyes. In this riveting novel, a lawyer risks everything to protect a young woman whose practice of alternative medicine leads to a legal inquiry and raises profound. The fact is, the law of similars was inspired by a cold. The law of similars by chris bohjalian book club discussion. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Law of similars, the mp3 cd august 7, 2018 by chris bohjalian author. When one of homeopath carissa lakes patients falls into. When one of homeopath carissa lakes patients falls into an allergyinduced coma, possibly due to her prescribed remedy, leland fowlers office starts investigating the case. Chris bohjalian made his fiction debut with the novel a killing in the real world, published in 1988.
Chris bohjalian since the selection of his fifth novel midwives for oprahs book club back in 1998, bestselling author chris bohjalian has enjoyed success for his powerful storytelling about ordinary folks in wrenching circumstances. When i awoke after sleeping alone for the first time in almost two years, i hoped i was. From the number one bestselling author of midwives comes this. The law of similars, like midwives, made the new york times bestsellers list. Leland fowler is an assistant state attorney whose wife was killed in. In this riveting novel, a lawyer risks everything to protect a young woman whose practice of alternative medicine leads to a legal inquiry and raises profound questions about the links between hope and hubris, love and deception. Two years after his wifes accidental death, leland fowler finds that the stress of raising their small daughter alone has left him with a chronic sore throat. Few writers can manipulate a plot with bohjalians grace and power. It probably doesnt help that he has been working fulltime and raising his. The reader meets leland fowler, deputy states attorney in the village of bartlett, two years after his wifes death. In this riveting novel, a lawyer risks everything to protect a young woman whose practice of alternative medicine leads to a legal inquiry and raises profound questions about the links between hope. The questions and discussion topics that follow are designed to enhance your groups reading of chris bohjalian s the law of similars. Chris bohjalian books list of books by author chris. The law of similars by chris bohjalian and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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From the new york times bestselling author of midwives comes this riveting medical thriller about a lawyer, a homeopath. From the number one bestselling author of midwives comes this riveting medical thriller about a lawyer, a homeopath, and a tragic death. Desperate to rid himself of a malady that has somehow managed to elude conventional medicine, leland turns to homeopath carissa lake who cures both his sore throat and the aching loneliness at the root of his symptoms. Chris lives in lincoln, vermont with his wife and their daughter. Mar 14, 2000 once opened, the law of similars is a hard book to put down. From the new york times bestselling author of midwives comes this riveting medical thriller about a lawyer, a homeopath, and a tragic death. These days, he has taken a page from william saroyan seen in this photo behind chris and has been writing for the stage and. Chris bohjalian books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. Below is a list of chris bohjalians books in order of when they were originally released. Jan 24, 2011 like cures like, carissa explained to me. The law of similars 1998 chris bohjalian new york times. Bohjalian s book, the law of similars is a bit like watching a train wreck as the reader morbidly watches a very sympathetic main character risk disassembling his life and career before our eyes. The law of similars ebook by chris bohjalian rakuten kobo.
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