Told as a series of journal entries that move backwards in time, How Do People Stay The Same follows the life of Patrick Boyd - from the present-day contentment of family life and back to a darker, lonelier childhood. How Do People Stay The Same lays all of Patrick's experience before us, with the challenges of work, housing and all the other pinpricks of existence jostling with his complex inner world. It reveals a fragile man ground down by the world around him - but who might just be able to change and might just have the hope of a brighter future.
Featuring the exquisite prose and lacerating wit that readers loved so much in All My Precious Madness, How Do People Stay The Same is also a deeply tender project - an exploration of family, childhood, love, and the personal bonds that tie us together.
| ISBN: | 9781913111755 |
| Publication date: | 23rd July 2026 |
| Author: | Mark Bowles |
| Publisher: | Galley Beggar Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 180 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Told as a series of journal entries that move backwards in time, How Do People Stay The Same follows the life of Patrick Boyd - from the present-day contentment of family life and back to a darker, lonelier childhood. How Do People Stay The Same lays all of Patrick's experience before us, with the challenges of work, housing and all the other pinpricks of existence jostling with his complex inner world.
How Do People Stay the Same features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Paperback. £10.79, down from the £11.99 cover price. In Stock.
How Do People Stay the Same was written by Mark Bowles and published by Galley Beggar Press
How Do People Stay the Same has 180 pages
£10.79, reduced from £11.99. In Stock.