Sedating Elaine, A novel

An exuberant dark comedy about love, grief, sex, guilt, and one womans harebrained scheme to tranquilize her voraciously amorous girlfriend for a few days so that she might pay off her drug dealer, make soup, and finally get some peace and quiet."A brilliantly quirky, surreally funny story.... An intriguingly headstrong yet vulnerable character with an astonishing talent for making the worst possible life-decisions." Sarah Haywood, best-selling author of The CactusFrances was not looking for a relationship when she met Elaine in a bar. She was, in fact, looking to drown her sorrows in a pint or twelve and nurse a broken heart, shattered by the gorgeous, electric Adrienne. But somehow (it involved a steady stream of beer and weed, as things often did with Frances) Elaine ended up in Francess bed and never left. Now, faced with mounting pressure from her drug dealer, Dom (and his goon, Betty),...