Recovering Maurice
by Martin Zelder
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Pub Date Sep 02 2025 | Archive Date Oct 02 2025
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Description
Recovering Maurice follows rumpled sixtyish professor Maurice, who believes he has a good life—wife, home, job—until a chance encounter with a mysterious woman reading a book about trauma. From that moment, Maurice begins to examine the trauma that has shaped his life—his brother Emil’s devastating childhood neurological damage, his own developmental struggles, his professional and personal failings, and even his lifelong frustration with people’s persistent mispronunciation of his surname, Obster (with a long o).
As Maurice delves deeper, new ventures—like a book club at a dive bar—end in disaster, and the perils of betrayal, mortality, and despair grow ever closer. When Emil’s death leaves Maurice reeling, he is left to confront not only these new traumas but the foundation for his own recovery. In a quest that includes love, faith, nature, and community, Maurice embarks on a vulnerable journey of self-discovery.
Recovering Maurice is a moving and precarious tale about disabilities—both visible and invisible—humor amidst frailty, and a person’s often fitful search for healing in a world full of challenges.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
"Zelder’s debut novel . . . effortlessly interweaves relatable, innocent snapshots of youth with complicated concepts, like purpose and mortality. Zelder animates the earnest Maurice with quirky, endearing, and humorous habits. . . . [R]eaders will have no choice but to root for and sympathize with Maurice, a man who “exhibited eagerness about everything else in the world,” until the very end. A surprisingly sweet depiction of trauma and recovery. . . .” - Kirkus Reviews
"Martin Zelder’s Recovering Maurice is a beautifully conceptualized novel with writing that flows naturally between present moments, memories, and glimpses of what will come, reflecting the way human consciousness operates. . .Overall, with a perfect blend of Maurice's world and thoughtful ideas, Recovering Maurice is a textured and brilliant read." - Readers' Favorite
"Recovering Maurice is a book for sensitive people; it will motivate its readers to ask questions and encourage them to analyze their own experiences from a new light." - Feathered Quill Book Reviews
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798891327610 |
| PRICE | $16.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 266 |
