Will to Survive

Name: Will to Survive
Brand: Mike J Read
Price: 47.99 AUD

Fear God and Keep Your Bowels Clear

By: Mike J Read

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Hardcover | 29 May 2026

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300 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 1.75

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In 1963, eight-year-old William Greene shares a cramped Victory home with his parents and four siblings in a small town on the shores of Lake Ontario. Grandpa Ernie arrives unexpectedly and straight away alters the household balance.

In 1989, thirty-three-year-old Will is a husband and father, settled into a comfortable family life. Like a bolt from the blue, he begins to endure blurred memories and distorted perception-shifting between two moments in time, twenty-six years apart.

As Will tries to focus on the now and enjoy life, his past and present overlap as the troubling episodes escalate. He then imagines the implausible: Am I trapped in some strange, warped reality?

Set against a country coming of age, WILL TO SURVIVE: Fear God And Keep Your Bowels Clear explores how memory withstands the passage of time, how identity is formed, and whether the past ever truly lets go.

Industry Reviews

"A family saga with fine detail...

The novel opens during World War II in England... From there, the book splits into two timelines...William's 1960s childhood in Canada, in a story that's thick with period detail... Later, the story relates William's adult years as a Canadian Coast Guard boat operator... While the overall intent of the story is moving, and detailed historical research is evident throughout...a key reveal arrives so late that much of the middle third feels irrelevant in hindsight. Still, readers who are drawn to lengthy multigenerational sagas may forgive the sprawl." - Kirkus Review

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