REAL-Ish

REAL-ish is a novel based on true-ish events. Our heroine, Jolene Bransford, a young woman living in the American South, finds herself experiencing the onset of severe schizophrenia. At first, the story follows a well trodden path of a breakdown leading to a hometown return; however, the narrative begins to twist and tangle into the bizarre when the world is hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. As Jolene's hallucinations become more persistent and the world becomes more surreal, she...
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REAL-ish is a novel based on true-ish events. Our heroine, Jolene Bransford, a young woman living in the American South, finds herself experiencing the onset of severe schizophrenia. At first, the story follows a well trodden path of a breakdown leading to a hometown return; however, the narrative begins to twist and tangle into the bizarre when the world is hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. As Jolene's hallucinations become more persistent and the world becomes more surreal, she begins to lose touch with the boundaries between reality and delusion. In the age of alternative facts and big lies, REAL-ish repeatedly begs the question: what is real?