Ten men. One fictional town in the Fraser Valley. One ordinary week.
The Slow Surrender follows ten different men through the same seven days: the Sunday dread, the drive home that takes twenty extra minutes for no reason anyone asks about, the layoff that quietly takes more than the paycheck, the Friday that never actually pauses. Each story stands alone. But look closely and a man who's barely a presence in one story, a neighbor, a coworker, a stranger at a gas station, turns out to be carrying the whole weight of the next one.
No one in this book has a breakdown. No one gets fixed. What they get is a single hour, or a single honest sentence, that changes almost nothing and somehow changes everything.
For anyone who has ever said "I'm fine" and meant something else entirely.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Ten men. One fictional town in the Fraser Valley. One ordinary week. The Slow Surrender follows ten different men through the same seven days: the Sunday dread, the drive home that takes twenty extra minutes for no reason anyone asks about, the layoff that quietly takes more than the paycheck, the Friday that never actually pauses. Each story stands alone. But look closely and a man who's barely a presence in one story, a neighbor, a coworker, a stranger at a gas station, turns out to be carrying the whole weight of the next one. No one in this book has a breakdown. No one gets fixed. What they get is a single hour, or a single honest sentence, that changes almost nothing and somehow changes everything. For anyone who has ever said "I'm fine" and meant something else entirely. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798189612114
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