C16 books thisweek reviews Readings &signings on LI Sunday Fanfare Crazy little thing called love New York Times editor Clay Risen discuss- es and signs Danielle suggests: “We copies of THE REMEDY FOR LOVE,by could melt snow. Like you “The Bill of Bill Roorbach. Algonquin Books said. Eric.” the Century: of Chapel Hill, 311 pp., $24.95. “Melting snow is very The Epic slow. Very slow. Danielle.” Battle for the BY MARION WINIK “OK, now you sound like Civil Rights Special to Newsday Joan Baez. In agood way. My Act.” At grandmother loved Joan Baez.” 2:30 p.m., tstarts like this: “I’m thinking, get down to Westbury Library, 445 Jefferson “The young woman in the river.” St., Westbury; 516-333-0176, front of him in line at the “Still with the folk songs!” westburylibrary.org IHannaford Superstore was The meaning of the title is unusually fragrant, smelled OANE revealed when Danielle para- like wood smoke and dirty SL phrases Henry David Tho- A. Wednesday clothes and cough drops or reau’s argument that the only OKS RAH Debut novelist Alissa Nutting maybe Ben-Gay, eucalyptus BO SA remedy for love is to love speaks and signs copies of anyway. She was all but Bill Roorbach’s new novel may more. Eric traces the concept “Tampa.” At 6:30 p.m., Radio mummified in an enormous be the first climate-change back to Ovid, whom he calls Lounge of Chancellors Hall, coat leaking feathers, some GONQUIN love story. “the Larry Flynt of his times.” Stony Brook Southampton, kind of army-issue garment AL Whether this remedy will 239 Montauk Hwy.; 631-632- from another era, huge hood nice guy, but he has some sort conditions, and also on male work is the question that 5030, stonybrook.edu/mfa pulled over her head.” of OCD. cooking as an act of seduction, drives the plot. As hung up as Homeless, or as homeless as As they exit the store, the will warm the hearts of Jim Eric is on his awful-sounding you can be in winter in West- first flakes of what has been Harrison fans. He also pro- wife, Danielle is even more Thursday ern Maine, concludes small- predicted as “The Snowstorm vides some excellent tips for obsessed with her husband, Phyllis Chesler discusses and town lawyer Eric Neil, watch- of the Century” are falling. Eric jazzing up box macaroni, Jimmy, acomplicated charac- signs copies ing the cashier ring up her offers the woman, who intro- canned beans and Pop-Tarts. ter serving in Afghanistan. Can of her mem- baked beans, her Pop-Tarts, her duces herself as Danielle “for Though the novel contains they save each other? Will they oir “An Amer- mac and cheese, her Advil, her now,” aride to wherever she is no references to global warm- live long enough to find out? ican Bride in boxes of wine. When the “druid going. To his surprise, she ing, it might be the first grown- Recently shortlisted for the Kabul.” Tick- girl” comes up short, he contrib- accepts. That and several other up climate-change love story, Kirkus Prize (for which Iwas a ets $50, in- utes a20, which she accepts Good Samaritan moves with revolving as it does around a judge), “The Remedy for Love” cludes break- with afurious gracelessness we unforeseen consequences land snowstorm that is virtually is apage-turner, alove story fast. At will come to know well. the two of them in her bor- apocalyptic in magnitude. and avivid drama of man (and 10:30 a.m., Sid Then Eric buys his own rowed one-room vacation cabin Life-threatening conditions woman) against the elements. Jacobson groceries: organic jalapeños for the duration of the storm. confine the action to the tiny Those who read and loved JCC, 300 Forest Dr., East Hills; and kale, two $34 bottles of Delightfully, every single cabin where angry, crazy, sexy Roorbach’s sprawling, eccen- 516-484-1545, sjjcc.org Côtes de Rhône, French yeast item purchased at that grocery Danielle and lonely Boy Scout tric “Life Among Giants,” in cakes, good flour, “a tiny store will play arole in the Eric spend the next few days coming to HBO as adramatic Paul Glaser speaks and signs bottle of fine Tuscan olive oil.” unfolding story —cooked on a exchanging banter, lies and series, will be alittle surprised copies of He’s shopping for adinner he wood stove, washed in atin secrets. Though much of their to see that “The Remedy for “Dancing plans to cook for his estranged bathtub, spilled on the floor conversation cannot be quoted Love” is nothing like it — With the wife, Alison, though she has and painstakingly recovered. in afamily newspaper, one of except that it’s agreat read by a Enemy: My missed their last several dates Roorbach’s focus on cooking the gentler exchanges occurs wonderful writer who obvious- Family’s and hasn’t even called. Eric is a and eating under difficult when they run out of water. ly has many tricks up his sleeve. Holocaust Secret.” Tickets $5. At 1p.m., From ‘Seinfeld’ dialogue to solo voice Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC, 15 Neil Ct., Oceanside; 516-634-4151, BY MARION WINIK nity brother, now hospital- pened that night. We asked “Seinfeld” was adetour. friedbergjcc.org Special to Newsday ized in avegetative state. Mehlman afew questions. 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