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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. |