The Elixir

By Thomas F. Root III

Tom and Carole are a happy young couple who have everything except good health. While vacationing on Cape Cod they meet Lucinda Hobson, a mysterious woman who deals in herbal teas and claims to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933353031
• ISBN13: 9781933353036
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Twilight Times Books
• Length: 182 Pages

Customer Reviews

Shangri-la in the Cape

Attorney Tom grew up in Long Island while his wife physical therapist Carole was raised in New Jersey. However ironically though both are almost equidistant from the Big Apple they met and fell in love at the Church of the Resurrection in Dania Beach, Florida as if God intended them to be soulmates. Though she is handicapped suffering from RSD (Reflex sympathetic dystrophy), they married and are currently renting a house from eccentric Lucille on Cape Cod. Tom meets Lucille who upsets him when she seems to criticize his walking of Carole's service dog Yukon. However, at dinner, Lucy joins them and Carole and she hit it off. Lucy, who sells teas and herbs, offers Carole an elixir that she believes will provide relief from RSD. A desperate Carole tries it and a seeming miracle occurs as the pain vanishes along with the debilitating illness. Now Lucy offers the unbelievable cure to beat death indefinitely to her guests though she and her well mannered companion Sammy the cat have recently found longevity tiring. Though there is a whimsical underlying fantasy element to this wonderful story line, the tale is a deep character study that focuses on the importance of love and faith even for those who could live forever if one is to remain human. THE ELIXIR centers on relationships mostly between the loving duo, but also between them and the strange Lucy; she with Sammy and she with her late family. Thomas F. Root III provides a terrific Shangri-la in the Cape tale that will leave the audience entertained and pondering what essentials are needed to live not just exist. Harriet Klausner