The protagonist of this novel, “Elixir” finds a magic potion which takes her to a dream world where she leads a parallel life.
An actuary in real life, she is a sculptor there with a partner who respects her, unlike her husband.
She quits her job to be in that somnambulistic state, and the diagnosis is clinomania.
Weekend Writing Prompt #438 – Clinomania
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Interesting Reena! I would love to read this book!
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Let me check if it is on Kindle.
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Nice write up.
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Thank you!
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Loved this, a way of escaping her harsh reality.
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Her husband kills her in the end and projects it as a suicide by overdose of sleeping pills. He is unable to handle her request for a divorce on their 10th anniversary.
The story haunts me a year after reading it.
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I can imagine it does.
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