Saturday 10 March 2012

Thanks, Salty Ink!

Chad Pelley of Salty Ink says he is going to read my book (and he doesn't even know me yet)! Here is a link to his excellent blog:

http://saltyink.com/2012/03/09/this-months-canadian-affair-1-four-march-releases-ill-be-reading/

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Let me tell you a thing or two about my book

1. The Love Monster is a novel about alot of things: divorce, motherhood, alien visitation, religious visions, sexual abuse, office culture. But it's funny. I swear.

2. The Love Monster will make you feel bad and then good. You should start the book feeling like the Mountain Goats song No Children and finish it feeling like Van Morrison’s Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile). Even if you don't know those songs, you can probably guess what I mean. Or I could come up with other examples. It could take some time.

3. The Love Monster is for anyone who has ever fallen in love with an idiot. Or had diarrhea at work.

Sunday 4 March 2012



A hilarious journey of recovery.

The Love Monster is the tall tale of one woman’s struggle with mid-life issues. The main character, Margaret H. Atwood, has psoriasis, a boring job and a bad attitude. Her cheating husband has left her. And none of her pants fit any more.

Marston takes the reader on a hilarious journey of recovery. Hope comes in the form of a dope-smoking senior citizen, a religious fanatic, a good lawyer and a talking turtle (not to mention Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Warren Zevon, Neil Armstrong and a yogi buried deep underground). And, of course, hope comes in the form of a love-sick alien speaking in the voice of Donald Sutherland.

More than an irreverent joyride, The Love Monster is also a sweet and tender look at the pain and indignity of being an adult human and a sincere exploration of the very few available remedies:art, love, religion, relentless optimism, and alien intervention.

CANADIAN RELEASE DATE: APRIL 2012
U.S. RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 2012


ISBN: 978-1-55065-326-7

www.vehiculepress.com