Synopsis In 1979, Kate Braverman first rocketed to literary fame with this linguistically stunning and emotionally horrific tale of a girl named Rose's struggles with addiction. In poetic, sensuous and seemingly simple language, Rose recounts the tortures of growing up with an emotionally crippled, materialistic mother and a father who is slowly being killed by gambling and cancer. Working her way through a series of loveless affairs, Rose slowly slips into the manipulative but addictive arms of a parasitic, cocaine-fed artist and slumlord. LITHIUM FOR MEDEA sears us with Rose's breathless, fierce and visceral flight - like a drug that leaves one's perceptions forever altered. About the Author KATE BRAVERMAN is a native of Los Angeles who grew up surrounded by the counterculture of San Francisco. She has published several novels, including The Incantation of Frida K. (2002), Wonders of the West (1993), Palm Latitudes (1988), and Lithium for Medea (1979), books of poetry--Postcards from August (1990), Hurricane Warnings (1987), Lullaby for Sinners (1980), and Milkrun (1977)--and a collection of stories, Squandering the Blue (1990). She won the O. Henry Award in 1992.
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