Maybe I'll Call Anna
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Publisher Description
It’s a hot summer night in a small town in North Carolina. A pretty girl named Anna Shockley has arrived in the emergency room after a drug overdose. And so, David Livingston—emergency room orderly, fledgling artist, and incorrigible romantic—meets the obsession of a lifetime.
When David moves into the communal house where Anna lives, he soon discovers that Anna Shockley is dangerous to herself and others—and that there are those around her, drawn by the “doomed shout” of her beauty, who are far more dangerous.
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Spencer's discerning first novel draws the reader into a whirlpool of mad romantic obsession that spans 20 years. Aspiring artist David Livingston, moonlighting as a hospital orderly, is immediately captivated by self-destructive Anna Shockley, whom he encounters in the emergency room where she has been taken after a typical 1960s drug overdose. He takes up residence in Anna's boarding house as a frustrated observer of her violent relationship with a drug-dealing boyfriend, and eventually becomes her lover. But Anna's grasp of reality is consistently shaky, and she sees psychiatrist Richard Parrish while David does a very brief stint in the Army. Her fatal femininity affects Parrish much as it did David, creating a triangular relationship whose drama comes to a head in 1986. The author's vigorous use of language and strong characterizations contribute to an intriguing story.
