In Search of a Salve

<p><em>In Search of a Salve </em>is the written personification of what it means to stare the truth of yourself in the mirror and accept it wholeheartedly. In stories tender and raw K E Garland invites readers on the journey of her life as she discovers herself her sexuality and subsequent sex addiction.  </p><p><br></p><p>No topic is too taboo or off limits; from the sexual assaults she suffered as a child to the exhibitionism displayed and multiple abortions she had as an adult. Garland weaves the seedy and secretive world of a sex addict with her words removing the erotic and replacing it with the reality of what it means to live a double life; lying to and cheating on the ones you love. </p><p><br></p><p>But like anyone wanting to see the other side of addiction Garland had to do the necessary work to put her urges in perspective and her desires in check. <em>In Search of a Salve </em>is the memoir of someone who's spent years excavating her interior; rooting out what never belonged and pouring in all that she needed to live courageously bold honest and healing. </p>