Broken To The Plow

By Charles Caldwell Dobie

These intense novel traces a man's unravelling under relentless societal and financial burdens, capturing his growing discontent with a stifling job and strained marriage amid dreams of escape. It opens with the protagonist's dread over a social dinner his wife insists on, his inner turmoil exposing shame from mounting debts and rigid class expectations that choke personal freedom. Interactions with a brusque boss and office peers amplify his isolation, while spousal tensions erupt over clashing ambitions and bitter realities. Themes of rebellion against conformity dominate, portraying individual will plowing through oppressive norms, material entrapment versus spiritual awakening, and raw human cost of ambition clashing with domestic duty. The narrative builds toward bold self-employment risks, probing resilience amid failure, moral compromises in survival quests, and fragile hope breaking hardened routines for authentic renewal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378307035
• ISBN13: 9789378307034
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Double 9 Books
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"