Miss You Like Crazy

Can Maylou Puce Turner reform her wolfish love-cheat husband Zak or should she hand over her heart to straight-arrow admirer Emmanuel, a graveyard flower vendor with eyes the exact thawing blue of antifreeze? The decision will have to wait. Her beloved soulmate mama has just played her final hand in a periwinkle trailer in steamy Florida, declaring "gin" in a triumphant exit. Maylou must cremate her mother's body, collect her distraught old daddy, and somehow get the remains of her family back to Kansas. Life is so strange and worrisome. If only she could talk to her mama one last time ... Maybe psychic Red Dog can help, or Sherman the Uncanny or that clairvoyant woman in the truck-stop restaurant.
Hitherto unsuspected truths are revealed in bumperstickers, Elvis songs, porn stars' body parts, epigram-whispering trees, and the suicide of a kamikaze squirrel. In this exuberant and inspired road novel, Eliza Clark brings to life a skewed parade of unforgettable characters, each casting about for the crux of love.


Genre: Literary Fiction