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2024 SCWES BOOK AWARDS FOR BC AUTHORS WINNER
As the first month of 2016 rolled into the next, the death count continued to climb…
Evann has no excuse to be living among the city’s destitute. When he reached into the medicine cabinet for that first dose of OxyContin, he didn’t consider everything the drug might take; he could only see the escape it might offer.
Determined to prove himself as an artist, Evann moves to the city, only to discover that physical distance can’t sever the emotional ties binding him to a past fraught with pain and rejection. Desperate to escape his own anxious thoughts and his mother's relentless criticisms, he enters an insidious spiral that ultimately costs him everything.
On the unforgiving streets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Evann doesn’t know who to trust, where to turn, or how to regain control over his all-consuming addiction. Wracked by shame and fear, he lurks in the city’s shadows, until a brush with death presents a chance to get his life back on track.
But confronted with his secret, will his family be there for him?
In an evocative debut, Long sheds light on the devastating consequences of ostracizing those who yearn for love and connection the most.
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co-author of The Myth of Normal
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“So many books gloss over characters’ inner lives, putting emphasis on plot developments and external character relationships until the characters themselves begin to feel hollow. Less Than, on the other hand, doesn’t lose sight of the complications and frictions of characters’ inner worlds, while at the same time never letting interiority overwhelm the other aspects of the storytelling.”
ANNIE MYDLA, JUDGE OF THE NORTH STREET BOOK PRIZE AT WINNING WRITERS
“An amazing first novel that changed my soul. I cared deeply about the protagonist and his journey.”
CATHALYNN LABONTÉ-SMITH, AUTHOR OF RESCUE ME:
BEHIND THE SCENES OF SEARCH AND RESCUE
“A well-written, cohesive, beautifully plotted novel… Everyone who deals with someone suffering from substance abuse—and that’s most of us—should read this.”
MARION McKINNON CROOK, AUTHOR OF ALWAYS ON CALL:
ADVENTURES IN NURSING, RANCHING AND RURAL
“Long is an accomplished writer, and her prose is vivid and effective; her descriptions lively and evocative, sometimes painfully so, given the subject matter.”
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