The Emilies
by J.Stephen Brantley
Recovering addict and aspiring pop star Avery comes home to his sister Emily’s bedside following her horrific attempt at suicide. Over the course of a night he’ll fight to solve the puzzle of who his brilliant and wild-hearted sister really is – or was – and how she ended up confined to a hospital bed, connected to a ventilator. The Emilies is a story about addiction, and about recovery. Each comes with its own...
Recovering addict and aspiring pop star Avery comes home to his sister Emily’s bedside following her horrific attempt at suicide. Over the course of a night he’ll fight to solve the puzzle of who his brilliant and wild-hearted sister really is – or was – and how she ended up confined to a hospital bed, connected to a ventilator. The Emilies is a story about addiction, and about recovery. Each comes with its own set of consequences. For Avery and Emily, there may be healing but there is also, inevitably, irreparable harm.
EMILY (f, 27) is a whip-smart, wild-hearted, alcoholic manager of a record shop who by all accounts should have been so much more. She is in the hospital following a suicide attempt.
AVERY (m, 30) is Emily's brother. He is a recovering heroin addict and proudly-out aspiring pop star who’s done everything he can to escape the suburbs that so crushingly shaped him.
THERESA (f, 45) is a cheerfully capable nurse in a sprawling suburban hospital who manages her patients’ pain - and her own - with snickerdoodle cookies and the power of positive thinking.
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