REAL-ish is a novel based on true-ish events. Our heroine, Jolene Bransford, a young woman living in the American South, finds herself experiencing the onset of severe schizophrenia. At first, the story follows a well trodden path of a breakdown leading to a hometown return; however, the narrative begins to twist and tangle into the bizarre when the world is hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. As Jolene's hallucinations become more persistent and...