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All-Night Pharmacy : A Novel by Ruth Madievsky is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is All-Night Pharmacy : A Novel about?

Rachel Kushner meets David Lynch in this fever dream of an LA novel about a young woman who commits a drunken act of violence just before her sister vanishes without a traceOn the night of her high school graduation, a young woman follows her older sister Debbie to Salvation, a Los Angeles bar patronized by energy healers, aspiring actors, and all-around misfits. After the two share a bag of unidentified pills, the evening turns into a haze of sensual & risky interactions—nothing unusual for two sisters bound in an incredibly toxic relationship. Our unnamed narrator has always been under the spell of the alluring and rebellious Debbie and, despite her own hesitations, she has always said yes to nights like these. That is, until Debbie disappears.Falling deeper into the life she cultivated with her sister, our narrator gets a job as an emergency room secretary where she steals pills to sell on the side. Cue Sasha, a Jewish refugee from the former Soviet Union who arrives at the hospital claiming to be a psychic tasked with acting as the narrator’s spiritual guide. The nature of this relationship evolves & blurs, a kaleidoscope of friendship, sex, mysticism, & ambiguous power dynamic

Who reads All-Night Pharmacy : A Novel?

Author

Ruth Madievsky

Publisher

Catapult

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781646221516

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women'S Fiction