![]() ![]() ![]() Cushing constructs a convincing portrayal of someone rationalizing away their lunacy, but it can be laborious to read. Noelle asserts the Grayness took hold because of these groups’ assimilation into right-wing, patriarchal Midwestern culture, and gradually succumbs to the notion that constructing her own cult is the only possible relief from the mundane. Both Cushing’s novel and Noelle’s work in-progress explore the fictional town’s history, introducing religious fanatics shrouded in black veils and a matriarchal order with doctrines rooted in rejecting submission to men. She decides to write about “an overwhelming Grayness” she perceives around the community of Naumpton, Ind. ![]() With her mental illness recently regulated by medication, she’s forced to find inspiration outside her own head. Noelle Cashman-whose name’s similarity to Cushing’s is not coincidental-is a prolific, award-winning author known for her sadistic fiction. A wholly erratic and unstable narrator drives this kooky, outlandish tale. ![]()
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