A Craving

"It's a relief to see you looking yourself," her best friend said. Polly was shocked- who else had she seemed to be? The truth was devastating: She was a woman drinking around the clock, battling her husband, endangering her children, jeopardizing her career. And yet, there was no other way to get through the days, was there? Her terrible downward slide could stop only when she hit rock bottom and faced the hell of getting up again.


"Startling, compelling, clear-headed, eloquent." "a rare book...instead of telling one person's tale, A CRAVING achieves the universality of any good fiction"-Newsday


Arnold should be commended: not everyone has the strength to offer a gift as courageous as this.

-Publisher’s Weekly







Emily Arnold published two novels, A CRAVING and LIFE DRAWING, which is about the making of a young artist. A short story, “How’s Your Vacuum Cleaner Working?” was chosen for an O’Henry Collection. She is the distinguished author/illustrator of dozens of children’s books. She lives in New York City and upstate New York.