Suzanne Young

The Remedy Suzanne Young

Marc Notes: Companion book to: The Program and The Treatment.; Seventeen-year-old Quinn provides closure to grieving families by taking on the short-term role of a deceased loved one, until huge secrets come to the surface about Quinn's own past. Brief Description: Companion book to: The Program and The Treatment. Brief Description: Seventeen-year-old Quinn provides closure to grieving families by taking on the short-term role of a deceased loved one, until huge secrets come to the surface about Quinn's own past. Publisher Marketing: 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. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015 (EAN 9781481437653, Hardcover) School Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 164 (EAN 9781481437653, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2015 (EAN 9781481437653, Hardcover) Booklist 04/01/2015 pg. 70 (EAN 9781481437653, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Young, Suzanne Suzanne Young is a writer, editor, essayist, and independent communications specialist serving Fortune 500 clients for more than a decade. Young's work has appeared in national periodicals, including the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine and Brevity. She was developmental editor for Designing Brand Identity, Alina Wheeler, and a regular reviewer for Booklist.