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    At Dawn

    By Jobie Hughes

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    Caught in a riptide of haphazard underemployment, at turns violent and unpredictable, suffering under a bad economy with no family or friends to speak of, Stratton Brown longs for the chance to escape his small-town past and build a new life. He sets out for Chicago, where he meets a new and fresh hell: a nine-to-fiver in a nondescript, meaningless company, and an obsessive love affair with woman who may be a bit too attached to her abusive ex-boyfriend. Is this all America has to offer its twentysomethings? He’ll soon have to figure out that beneath the gruff labor of building a new life lies the presence of something much more true: a way past his violent childhood and a new path to the American dream.

    At Dawn is a literary debut of a fresh and powerful male voice in fiction.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSoft Skull Press
    Release dateOct 1, 2012
    ISBN9781593764937
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    • 5/5
      Rating: 4.5 of 5 At Dawn was that hidden treasure rarely unearthed: a story so relatable, so personal, I wondered if the author possesses telepathy or some psychic ability which allowed him to tap into my life, my innermost thoughts and feelings. Did I agree with everything Stratton Brown did or said or assumed? Hell no. But I understood him, and I suspect many readers will. How many children from highly dysfunctional homes promise themselves they will never turn out like their parents, only to do just that? Breaking the cycle whilst following one's passion isn't an easy journey. I'm giddy and surprised by how good this book was: it grabbed me right from the start and I did NOT want to put it down. Fully realized characters, perfectly paced, provocative themes, and deeply moving. Seriously good stuff. Side note: This is not Young Adult; it's straight up literary fiction with profanity, domestic violence, and a few somewhat explicit sex scenes.Favorite quotes:"[A]nd there are few things as threatening to us as individuals as a person who perceives our worst flaws, especially when those flaws are all they see.""And the past, for those foolish enough to subscribe to it, holds a grudge harder than anything known to man (p.62).""'That's what kills the ghost that haunts us all (p.145).'"'We'll be lied to, sacrificed, forsaken, crossed, let down, and betrayed, but if we're lucky, we can be loved, too...And if we're truly lucky, we might learn to love ourselves (p.149).'""My breath caught in my throat. My father's words, what he had always said to justify being an asshole...Just because I had repeated one stupid thing he always said didn't mean I was becoming him. Not even close. I wasn't my father. I was nothing like him (p.186)." Wow, I wonder how many of us have experienced this same exact moment?"I wondered which is worse: to reach the level of success I once did and then spend the rest of your life trying to replicate it, or to never know the taste of glory in the first place? (p.281)""But truth can be a funny thing, often muddled and made more complicated than it really is. Just try asking somebody why they love you and you'll typically get a long list of qualities you may or may not possess. But the truth is much simpler than that. You love somebody because of how they make you feel. It's the true reason you love anything (p.328)." Hmm, dunno what I think about that one but it sure made an impression.
    • 3/5
      It took me a hot second to get into this book about a young man down and out on his luck, but once I did get into it, I read it in one sitting. Stratton leaves New York life and heads to Chicago with nothing but a duffle bag and $300 in his pocket. He soon learns that achieving the American dream isn't going to be easy. Stratton is desperate for anything, anything that will help him forget his troubled past, but he soon discovers that he has to reconcile the horrible things that happened in his youth or he'll lose everything he's tried so hard to achieve.There are some pretty good characters in the book and I particularly enjoyed getting to learn about Gene, a former Vietnam vet and Stratton's landlord. He seems a perfect elderly gentleman who I would love to have a drink with. Overall, this book isn't quite a beach read but it is good nonetheless. Just don't expect to be in a chipper mood at the end. It's a gritty look at life, but it's real and relatable.