For Jesse Winsloe, the answer is clear: head into hiding. Single again and laid off from work, Jesse flees to Onery Cabin to lick her wounds with her ancient aunt Will--a Granny woman with the secret to healing the lovelorn. Sure, Onery Cabin may be right out of Hollywood's Lifestyles of the Poor and Hillbilly, but Marrying Stone Mountain has its charm--including the local physician's assistant, Piney Baxley, a past recipient of Aunt Will's pungent "heartbreak poultice." Between folk remedies and a "no strings attached" ...
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For Jesse Winsloe, the answer is clear: head into hiding. Single again and laid off from work, Jesse flees to Onery Cabin to lick her wounds with her ancient aunt Will--a Granny woman with the secret to healing the lovelorn. Sure, Onery Cabin may be right out of Hollywood's Lifestyles of the Poor and Hillbilly, but Marrying Stone Mountain has its charm--including the local physician's assistant, Piney Baxley, a past recipient of Aunt Will's pungent "heartbreak poultice." Between folk remedies and a "no strings attached" romance, Jesse is beginning to think she's found her own brand of lovesick cure--because there's nothing like a pinch of confidence and a dash of attraction to mend a broken heart.
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Jesse Winsloe, fresh from losing her job and her fiancée to another woman, is reeling from the shock and stress of her new situation. As a way to think things over and get away from the painful memories, Jesse decides to visit her Aunt Will in the Ozarks.
Aunt Will is known as a ?granny woman? ? a healer who has shared her talents far and wide over the area. She is 85 years of age and has retired up the mountain to a more secluded spot. She realizes that Jesse needs the ?lovesick cure? and some work. Before long, Jesse is adept at doing farm chores; she's not so crazy about the 6 day lovesick cure (a horrible smelling chest poultice worn overnight).
Jesse takes her Aunt Will to the clinic, down the mountain. There she meets another recipient of the ?cure? ? a physician's assistant named Piney. He lives with his teen basketball star son; his wife ran away and broke his heart, then returned years later and broke it again. Piney realizes that he will never marry again; it's hard to find a woman he's not related to in this small town.
Piney and Dr. Mo have been treating Aunt Will and keeping her secret that she is dying. Piney encourages Aunt Will to tell Jesse ? soon she will not be able to care for herself. Jesse is planning on staying a couple of weeks; what will Aunt Will do then?
Piney soon realizes that he's interested in Jesse and she lets him know that the feeling is mutual. I was a bit shocked about how this conversation came about; otherwise, the dialog was humorous and fun. When Piney starts a friends-with-benefits arrangement with Jesse and his son finds out, things get a bit uncomfortable.
One of the subplots concerns Tree's (Piney's son, a senior in high school; hoping for a basketball scholarship) and his girlfriend, Camryn. It is both realistic and interesting.
The major characters were well-drawn and helped move the plot. I enjoyed this book ? the Ozarks community was a character in the book. Of course, with Pamela Morsi, humor is an important ingredient in this story.
Marrying Stone
1. Marrying Stone (1994)
2. Simple Jess (1996)
3. The Lovesick Cure (2012)