Something So Sweet

By Rick Duchalski

Two stories. One ending.Cast out of her home at the age of 12, Dirty has spent 10 years moving from place to place, struggling just to keep a roof over her head. But when one mis-step with a violent drug dealer pushes her survival skills to the limit, she must find the courage and resources to not only face him, but to finally return home and reclaim what is rightfully hers.Henry is a 30-year-old gay man living in Ottawa, with a good job and a bad-influence of an ex-boyfriend. But when he drunkenly assaults a co-worker at a New Year's party, Henry is sent on a spiral of self-doubt, denial, and misery as he struggles to come to terms with his failure.From a gritty winter in Parkdale in 1997 to the sunshine of the Byward Market in the summer of 1998, Something So Sweet weaves together two stories in end-of-the-20th-Century Toronto and Ottawa. Suicide, addiction, sex, murder, and an almost-blind seer who reads cigarette butts like tea leaves, this book shines a tiny light on the imperfect trajectory of damaged people.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B085KBRTHB
• ISBN13: 9798617621732
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"