HERSELF WHEN SHE'S MISSING

A non-linear debut novel which tells the story of two young women obsessed with a cult rock band-- and each other.

Cry Wolf saved Andrea's life, or at least that's how she likes to tell it. Forever in search of spiritual fulfillment, Andrea has rejected everything from religion to eating disorders, in favor of "I'm-with-the-band" style fanaticism, all centered on Cry Wolf, a brother-sister rock duo with an eccentric hodgepodge of followers. When Andrea meets fellow groupie Jordan outside a concert, their connection is undeniable: Jordan is powerfully seductive, and Andrea, though otherwise levelheaded, is intrigued by Jordan's lawless ways. Their romance escalates as they follow Cry Wolf around the country, but as Jordan becomes increasingly manipulative and unreliable, Andrea begins to realize that her passion for Jordan has turned into yet another addiction, and she doesn't know how to escape. Told through lists, notes, and snippets of overlapping memories, this non-linear debut novel is post-modern in form, but classical in theme: a tale of a girl desperate for something like, but not quite, love. Sarah Terez Rosenblum received her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is now a freelance journalist. She has been published in Venus Magazine, The Chicago Sun Times, and The Shepherd Express, and blogs twice weekly for The Chicago Sun Times. Her fiction has appeared through Ignavia Press, at Fictionatwork.com, and in The Parlor Reading Series Podcast.