The Story of Her Extinction: A Novel

Can life evolve at the age of forty-two? On the morning of her forty-second birthday, Elise Bryne faces a personal crisis. Although a successful advertising creative director and married to a loving husband, she finds herself wholly dissatisfied with the woman she has become. As she stands before the bedroom mirror slipping green-tinted contacts into her gray eyes, she wonders if forty-two is too late an age to evolve to become a different woman. To find her answer, Elise embarks on a journey that takes her far from the safety of her suburban home to worlds both fantastic and extreme—a journey of self-discovery that leads her to question who she is, what she wants from life, and where she belongs on this planet. Lawrence David is the author of the novels Family Values and Need. He has also written several children's picture books as well as a chapter book series for middle-grade children.