Ultimately they are trying not to fail themselves and the people they love. They are confronted with society's expectations of them, family pressures, and ultimately the way they see themselves - sometimes conforming, sometimes challenging the stereotypes. Once bound together by location and shared experience, their bonds fade and change as their adult lives begin to take different shapes. It's a shockingly powerful debut collection. It explores the lives of four friends from the city of Pawtucket: Rydell, Lazarus, Rakim, and Giovanni, or more affectionately Rye, Dub, Rolls, and G. How Are You Going to Save Yourself asks questions about race and sex, about families and about what happens to us when communications break down. a compassionate and powerful exploration of how race, friendship and sex intersect and the real-world consequences of stereotypes.' - Independent S ummer Reads Both humorous and heart-breaking, How Are You Going To Save Yourself is a timely debut about sex, race, family and friendship for fans of Junot Diaz and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Hilarious and compelling, Holmes offers up a mirror to contemporary society. 'A powerful rendering of contemporary masculinity in America.' TLS 'A blistering debut.
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