"It's either buck up or fuck up," Mel decides as she plots to make the most of her last six kicks at the can -- while living with the challenges of progressive Multiple Sclerosis.
She's just one of the feisty, more-than-slightly manic characters who inhabit Attemptations, Kim Clark's new collection of darkly hilarious stories where altered and twisted realities make the impossible possible.
... An arthritic senior discovers a mysterious rejuvenating power in the bones of her lusty, free-spirited young neighbour and looming dementia is replaced by ravenous desire.
... A doting mother becomes a pyromaniac in order to give her grown sons the opportunity to become heroes.
... A woman stumbles upon a book that contains her most private memories -- but was written by a total stranger.
Clark's unforgettable stories will get under your skin and stay with you long after you've lent this book to all your friends.
