Electric Elizabeth: A Novel

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Electric Elizabeth: A Novel Electric Elizabeth: A Novel

Author: Vincent C. Martinez

Category: Fiction

Published: 2014

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On a clear day in Blackbridge, Pennsylvania, where ghosts roam the streets and mysterious lights float through the forests, Milton Conroy's beloved wife is vaporized by lightning into nothingness . . . or so he thinks. Soon, Milton begins a frantic and obsessive search for his wife only to discover truths about her, and himself, that will change his life forever.Blackbridge, Pennsylvania. Ghosts walk the streets, mysterious lights float through the forests, and Milton Conroy thinks he's finally found happiness in his wife, Elizabeth.... Until lightning out of a clear sky vaporizes her into nothingness. Or so he thinks. As Milton begins an obsessive search to find the woman he loves, he discovers truths about Elizabeth--and himself--that lead him to examine his own life and the dangers of trying to find happiness in others. In his debut novel, Vincent C. Martinez combines the Bradbury-like strangeness of the supernatural with the emotion of reality to ask: What do we do when we lose the one thing that makes us whole?Recipient of 5-star reviews on numerous online bookstore websites, the completely revised edition "Electric Elizabeth" will make you feel the power and the pain that love and its loss bring.