{"product_id":"early-sobrieties","title":"Early Sobrieties","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Michael Deagler is the real deal. This is a truly intelligent work from a clearly intelligent writer.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Percival Everett, 2023 Windham Campbell Prize recipient and author of \u003ci\u003eDr. No\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDon'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMonk'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike a sober, millennial \u003ci\u003eJesus' Son\u003c\/i\u003e, 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, \u003ci\u003eEarly Sobrieties \u003c\/i\u003echarts the limbos that exist between our better and worst selves, offering a portrait of a stifled generation collectively slouching towards grace.\r","brand":"Michael Deagler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44452577575148,"sku":"9781662602245","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781662602245.jpg?v=1708898931","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/early-sobrieties","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}