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Early Sobrieties
Early Sobrieties: A Novel | Michael Deagler
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"Michael Deagler is the real deal." �Percival Everett, 2023 Windham Campbell Prize recipient and author of Dr. No Don�t worry about what Dennis Monk did when he was drinking. He�s sober now, ready to rejoin the world of leases and paychecks, reciprocal friendships and healthy romances�if only the world would agree to take him back. When his working-stiff parents kick him out of their suburban home, mere months into his frangible sobriety, the 26-year-old spends his first dry summer couch surfing through South Philadelphia, struggling to find a place for himself in the throng of adulthood. Monk�s haphazard pilgrimage leads him through a city in flux: growing, gentrifying, haunted by its history and its unrealized potential. Everyone he knew from college seems to be doing better than him�and most of them aren�t even doing that well. His run-ins with former classmates, estranged drinking buddies, and prospective lovers challenge his version of events past and present, revealing that recovery is not the happy ending he�d expected, only a fraught next chapter. Like a sober, millennial Jesus� Son, Michael Deagler�s debut novel is the poignant confession of a recovering addict adrift in the fragmenting landscape of America�s middle class. Shot through with humor, hubris, and hard-earned insight, Early Sobrieties charts the limbos that exist between our better and worst selves, offering a portrait of a stifled generation collectively slouching towards grace.
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Early Sobrieties: A Novel | Michael Deagler
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Taking advantage of the weirdly warm January in Nebraska… Enjoying this one so far.

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