Slip Sliding Away

By: Sean Mulcahy

Published by BRP Publishing Group, 2014-03

Recession. Unemployment. Student loan debt. Moving back home. This is the rude "welcome to adulthood" that college graduate Michael Reilly is striving to come to terms with-just like so many other Millennials. Now living with his father and stepmother, the only work he can find is a part-time retail job at the local mall. With few prospects, a failed romance and nothing but time on his hands, alcohol is fast becoming his only source of comfort. When his older brother is called back up to serve a third tour of duty in Iraq, Michael heads down to New Jersey to say goodbye-possibly for the last time-hoping to send his brother off with a wild weekend party. But his growing depression and frustration with his situation lead to dramatic and unexpected confrontations with his past-and his uncertain future.