All-Night Pharmacy

*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER* Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction Rachel Kushner meets David Lynch in this fever dream of an LA novel about a young woman who commits a drunken act of violence just before her sister vanishes without a trace On the night of her high school graduation,a young woman follows her older sister Debbie to Salvationa Los Angeles bar patronized by energy healersaspiring actorsand all-around misfits. After the two share a bag of unidentified pillsthe evening turns into a haze of sensual and risky interactionsΓÇönothing unusual for two sisters bound in an incredibly toxic relationship. Our unnamed narrator has always been under the spell of the alluring and rebellious Debbie anddespite her own hesitationsshe has always said yes to nights like these. That isuntil Debbie disappears. Falling deeper into the life she cultivated with her sisterour narrator gets a job as an emergency room secretary where she steals pills to sell on the side. Cue Sashaa Jewish refugee from the former Soviet Union who arrives at the hospital claiming to be a psychic tasked with acting as the narratorΓÇÖs spiritual guide. The nature of this relationship evolves and blursa kaleidoscope of friendshipsexmysticismand ambiguous power dynamics. With prose pulsing like a neon signRuth MadievskyΓÇÖs All-Night Pharmacy is an intoxicating portrait of a young woman consumed with unease over how a person should be. As she attempts sobriety and sexual embodimentshe must decide whether to search for her estranged sisteror allow her to remain a relic of the past.