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Fiction Family Life

Giving Up

by (author) Mike Steeves

Publisher
Book*hug Press
Initial publish date
May 2015
Category
Family Life, Urban Life, Black Humor
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771661096
    Publish Date
    May 2015
    List Price
    $14.99
  • Audio

    ISBN
    9781771663717
    Publish Date
    Feb 2018
    List Price
    $29.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771660914
    Publish Date
    May 2015
    List Price
    $20.00

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Description

At times funny, at other times sad, and more than often a mixture of the two, Giving Up by Mike Steeves is a deeply felt account of what goes on in the inner sanctum of the modern couple's apartment.

In grappling with the line between what happened and what might have happened, Steeves gives voice to the anguish of a generation of people who grew up with great expectations, and are now settling into their own personal failures and compromises: James is obsessed with completing his life's work. Mary is worried about their problems starting a family, and is scared that their future might not turn out as she'd planned. In the span of a few hours on an ordinary night in a non-descript city, two relatively small events will have enormous consequences on James' and Mary's lives, both together and apart.

With an unrelenting prose style and pitch-black humour, Giving Up addresses difficult topics--James's ruinous ambition, and Mary's quiet anguish--in a funny and relatable way.

About the author

Mike Steeves attended King's College University in Halifax, where he received a BA in Political Science and English Literature. He completed an MA in English Literature at Concordia University. Steeves lives with his wife and child in Montreal, and works at Concordia University. Giving Up is his first full-length book of fiction. Connect with Steeves on Twitter @SteevesMike.

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Editorial Reviews

"This is a novel of unrelenting relatability, truth, contravention, hope, loss, and usefulness. Within these 208 pages, the reader may be forced to accept the dark side of her/himself, and the society from which s/he was contrived. I can see myself returning to this book once a year, every year, for the rest of my life." —Nomadic Press