One early morning Sally dies; her skull crushes into the pavement of her small town street leaving behind her two little girls an abusive husband and a community of averted eyes. Exploring the conflict between Sally's luminosity and her desolation Element of Blank exposes the intoxication of self-destruction with haunting honesty. Based on a true event this debut novel is a tour de force study on the fragile and brutal nature of choice in the human journey.