No More Fridays
A witty, humorous and slightly magical novel about navigating the end of high school after losing a parent to ALS.
About the book
During Elliott’s last year of high school, his mother dies of ALS, a neurodegenerative disease that progressively robs motor skills. Now his whole family is adrift and floundering. Elliott’s only friend, the uber-intellectual and socially maladaptive Riley, tries to help but needs to set boundaries so she can deal with her own family stuff. Then, some technically impossible but inescapably real events start to change everything.
Strange things happen in your darkest moments.
No More Fridays is about a young person’s struggle to cope with alienation and grief through philosophy, science, nature, and relationship. It reminds readers: a mind open enough can accept that the death of a loved one is never the end of the story.
What people are saying
Sylvia Gunnery, author of Road Signs That Say West“Go with these teens into dark tunnels and trek through the woods to their secret cabin. Deliberate imaginative, philosophical possibilities. Hang onto hope through a full force hurricane of tension. These characters and ideas will stay with you long after you’ve read the book.”
James Mullinger, author of Brit Happens“There are few names as beloved in Atlantic Canadian literature as Lesley Choyce, a true renaissance man of the written word and a cultural icon. For decades he’s been inspiring generations of readers with stories that crackle with authenticity and heart. His books have been translated into many languages, proof that East Coast storytelling knows no borders.”
The Globe and Mail“Choyce has a feeling for the young and dispossessed, for the terrible angst of adolescence and the rituals of rebellion.”
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