CRAVE by Darnella Ford

Michael Hughes, a 29 year old clock watcher, is almost out of time. Her conflict is best summarized in her own words, "I am running the last leg of a 26-mile marathon and if I don't make it to the finish line with an employed husband, a secure home and some ready-made fertilized eggs, my uterus is going to explode." Michael chases the woes of her womb around this novel set in the sleepy town of Shilo, Colorado.

The daughter of two dysfunctional parents, Michael is in constant battle with her sexuality and incessant appetite for "tight butts and big soft lips." And somewhere between her discovery of masturbation and her fear of the onset of menopause, she lingers between a perpetual state of Crave in a relentless pursuit of "the one".

Crave speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever loved and attempted to be loved in return. Its' poetic prose and narrative dissertations are reflective of our most intimate journey's to mate and merge. Sharply written, combining humor and subtlety, Crave ascends in a heroic effort to touch those to whom it is dedicated "those who took the bullet in the chest because they managed to believe, that not only did love exist, but that they might actually find it in their lifetime."