A thought-provoking debut from a captivating new voice in fiction that sheds new light on the complexities of life.

After reaching the pinnacle of her career, a C-suite woman questions the competency of her peers until she arrives at a deadly conclusion. A convicted felon tries to reconnect with society and his sympathetic ex-wife after 2,910 days in prison. The coming of age of a young boy who transitions from the easy life of a small town to the reality of the big city.

In his debut collection, Menashe Hershtik captures the essence of society’s conflict between conformity and rebelliousness. Throughout fourteen stories (and a little extra), Hershtik reveals the mundane in the extraordinary and the absurdity of the mundane, as his heroes grapple with their need for approval and their disdain toward the systems of control that are all around us.

Perceptive and prosaic, I Want to Rebel but I Have to Get Up Early Tomorrow reads like a two-way mirror between author and reader, depicting a world of missed opportunities, questionable decisions, and the hard choices that define our lives.