Taking the Stairs


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"Desperation laced with hope." Corb Lund.
"Utterly (utterly) winning." Annie Freud.

Featuring the bed sit world of struggling writer Jarod Palmer immersed in battle of wits with alcoholic film producer Elliot Bale this is the absorbing tale of a young writer who is "in love with the idea of being a writer." Travelling through Toronto film sets, telemarketting rooms and the door-to-door worlds of electricity sales in Ontarian towns such as Picton, Tweed, and Bellville this novel paints a portrait of a young hopeful lad, facing the end financially. Interspersing a novel, short stories, a screenplay, letters, notes-to-self, and an ongoing love story between narrator and his quietly simmering girlfriend Aidrieneese, this is an intimate, comic ride you won't forget as Jarod Palmer tries to hold it all together while he tries to finish his first novel.