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In 2004, Saralee Perel's novel Raw Nerves was published. It immediately received terrific reviews, and was chosen by BookSense, the largest organization of independent bookstores, as a pick. (View Amazon.com reviews by clicking here.)

What is Raw Nerves about?

Cape Cod’s prominent psychiatrist, Dr. Sophie Green, has problems. She’s a phobic worrier, a hypochondriac and a binge eater who quells her conflicts with leftovers. Her husband, Dan, is her polar opposite. He is of sound mind and svelte body. Now for once, Dr. Green has an unimagined terror. One of her patients wants her dead. There’s Charlie, a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder. He lives with his mother. With Dr. Green’s encouragement, he begins life on his own. But then his mother dies. Hence, Charlie believes Sophie is ultimately responsible for her death. Another patient, Elizabeth, has a battering husband who blames Sophie for Elizabeth’s newfound ability to stop tolerating abuse. Gracie is a patient who’s involved with a menacingly brilliant psychiatrist. He’s married. He would lose his license and his family if Sophie reports him. In the end, the person behind the murder threats is a surprise to everyone.

Although she insists the main character of her novel, a neurotic therapist with a compulsive eating syndrome, is not autobiographically inspired, readers who know her think she's lying.

Saralee has completed a sequel to Raw Nerves, which is awaiting publication.


Contact Saralee Perel at Saralee@SaraleePerel.com.

or call her at (508) 428-8676.

 

 To order a copy of Raw Nerves, click here. In the checkout process, you can indicate how you would like Saralee to autograph your copy.

 
 
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