The Plastic Priest by Nicole Cushing

​Wildy strange and rather mesmerizing, The Plastic Priest is a tale of psychological unravelling done right. And right in this instance, is kind of sort of from zero to sixty in no time.
The story follows an Episcopalian female priest in a small, ugly, narrowminded town full of small, ugly, narrowminded people. She is fairly stuck there, in that  place, in her job, the inherent limitations of both constantly getting in a way  of her wanting to do good.
So she decides to try something new, a form of community outreach. And ends up meeting someone who changes her entire life by making her reexamine her belief system and her raison d'être.
The novella takes a turn around midpoint, going from realism to … something else. Surrealism? Either way, it’s a fascinating and harrowing psychological journey, and the author takes you on it expertly. Ninety minutes of thoughtful, thought-provoking weirdness was the reading experience here, So, recommended. Thanks Netgalley.