In search of meaning amid America’s sedated upper-middle class, a cynical college graduate forgoes medical school and moves to inner-city Chicago. When he falls in love with a woman uncompromisingly devoted to her community, he finds himself caught between two lives, one he does not want and one he cannot have.

Fredrick Soukup is a 2010 graduate of St. John’s University (Minnesota) with a B.A. in philosophy. Excerpts from his works have been published in Fluent Magazine and Sou’wester. He lives in Saint Paul with his brilliant wife, Ashley. His novel, Bliss, was nominated for the Minnesota Book Award.

Publishing: Regal House Publishing (March 2, 2020)

ISBN: 9781947548992