{"product_id":"early-sobrieties-a-novel","title":"Early Sobrieties: A Novel","description":"WINNER of the 2025 PEN\/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel\n\nLonglisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\n\n\"'Just give me one more day,' Monk says, and Early Sobrieties is such a wise and piercing book that we believe him.\"\n—Charlie Lee, The New York Times Book Review\n\n\"Michael Deagler is the real deal.\"\n—Percival Everett, Pulitzer Prize recipient and author of James\n\nDon'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.\n\nMonk'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.\n\nLike 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1662602243\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1662602243.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Deagler, Michael\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41276285222970,"sku":"DBV.1662602243.G","price":5.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1662602243-0.jpg?v=1772817242","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/early-sobrieties-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}