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About this item
Highlights
- Welfare is wholly made up of four-line paragraphs and has a cadence that is uniquely its own.
- Author(s): Steve Anwyll
- 256 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
Description
About the Book
Welfare is a coming-of-age novel about one high school boy against the world, the system, and adulthood. Leaving the comfort of his unloving father's home, squatting on couches of friends, the anti-hero of Welfare smokes and drinks and avoids all responsibility until freedom appearsBook Synopsis
Welfare is wholly made up of four-line paragraphs and has a cadence that is uniquely its own. A high school student leaves his parents' home to live on his own with friends and with the help of government aid. The narrator becomes your best friend on the first page.
I walk down the slight slope of their driveway. A backpack full of t-shirts and socks and underwear and books on my back. I have $50 and 2 packs of cigarettes in the pocket of my army surplus jacket. But no lighter. You can't have everything I tell myself.
Steve Anwyll lives in Canada.
Review Quotes
In wakeful, rhythmic prose, Anwyll writes a mirror for our double vision and the selves we don't want ourselves to see. There's no getting out of Welfare. The voice stays in your blood. - Mila Jaroniec
"Steve Anwyll's entrancing novel about a 16-year-old on welfare surprised and moved me, made me smile and laugh a lot, and increased my appreciation for life. I recommend it and look forward to reading it again." -Tao Lin
Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Tyrant Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Steve Anwyll
Language: English
Street Date: January 8, 2019
TCIN: 87611354
UPC: 9780999218662
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-5117
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.9 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8.2 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.8 pounds
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