An exuberant dark comedy about love grief sex guilt and one woman’s 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 Cactus
Frances 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 Frances’s bed and never left. Now faced with
mounting pressure from her drug dealer Dom (and his goon Betty) Frances comes up with a
terrible idea: She asks Elaine to move in with her for real. Unfortunately this seemingly
romantic overture makes Elaine even more sex-crazed and maniacal with love. Frances fears she
may never escape the relationship so given no choice she makes the obvious decision: She
will sedate Elaine. A story as enthusiastically madcap and funny as it is smart and emotionally
surprising Sedating Elaine introduces a roster of unforgettable characters and an indelible
wildly exciting new voice in fiction.
