A lonely man mistakes needing someone for loving them.
Peter thought his life would look different at thirty-two. Instead, he’s stuck bartending in Thunder Bay, drinking too much, and watching his ambitions slip away. But when an opportunity to relocate to Ottawa arises, Peter sees a chance to reinvent himself.
He meets like-minded Ruby one night in a pub, and before long he has built his world around her. But alcohol-fuelled nights soon give way to constant arguments, eating away at their little paradise. Fearful of ending up alone again, Peter becomes determined to hold everything together—even as he starts losing himself in the process.
A raw and emotionally grounded contemporary novel, Birds Beyond Reach explores relationships, addiction, and the difference between loving someone and needing them.
