I Have Lived Today

A Literary Coming of Age Story

By: Steven Moore

Narrated by: Steve Aleppo

England. 1960s. A cold, harsh autumn.On an isolated island, an abusive man forces his wife to run for her life. Their son Tristan, young and afraid, also flees the island and sets out into the world to escape his demons and find his mother.

Hitchhiking beneath the backdrop of a wild and loveless November, Tristan encounters every possible character, from the genuinely kind to the inherently wicked. Beaten, robbed, and stripped of even hope, Tristan finds himself on the gritty streets of London’s East End, where everything he thought he knew about life starts to shatter and crumble around him. With all hope seemingly lost, the young boy even questions the futility of life itself.

But when he learns that there are others who share his torment and understand his pain, can Tristan find the courage to make it through his darkest hours?

Tristan's tale is a grim exploration into his own conscience. As he discovers the unique ability of humans to do such heinous things - both to themselves and to one another - it's all he can do to keep control, as his passage of internal discovery takes one dark turn after another and sends him to the edge.

I Have Lived Today is Steven Moore's haunting literary debut. This dark, edgy, and painfully honest coming-of-age tale packs a powerful punch.

If you always root for the underdog and want to follow Tristan's trials and tribulations, buy I Have Lived Today, today.

©2014 Steven Moore (P)2019 Steven Moore

cruelty and riveting to the end

It was heartbreaking to listen to and the narrator Steve Aleppo made the story feel alive

Young man coming of age story

In 1960's England you are introduced to the main character, Tristan, and his parents. He has grown up in a home where he witnesses domestic violence, alcoholism and is himself, physically and mentally abused. At age 16, Tristan wakes to his mother having left and he soon follows with the help of a family friend. His adventures on the road, the abuses he suffers, and the other people he meets along the way all teach him about the good and not so good available in this life. He changes as he takes different paths and learns there are also good and helpful people in the world. With great losses and gains Tristan both he grows up and becomes a different person. An interesting and sad coming of age tale that pulls you in and makes you want to root for the main character. 41/2 out of 5 stars.

Good

It makes one think of the dark side of Dickens stories, this though is much more. The decision to make at a young age to stay in the bad situation, which had not improved. Now with his mother’s leaving, he too ventures out. The obsticules good and bad, the people he meets strengthen him or challenge him. His quest to find his mother, meanwhile he is maturing. A gripping story, narration was good by Steve. Given audio for my voluntary review

Loved it

Very good book. Sad, twisted, yes. But very very good. I love all of Steven's books that I've gotten a hold of so far. The narrator did a fantastic job.

Life

What a moving story with such a mixture of emotions, including cruelty and love, but proving that there is still more good than bad in the world
Well narrated

Get ready for an emotional roller coaster ride!

I Have Lived Today- what a powerful statement not to mention I have now experienced a book that made this quote by Franz Kafka real for me. “I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.”

Having just finished listening to this story my emotions are raw from all the tugging and pulling. Thanks for the opportunity to experience Steven’s best story. I like The Kane stories, but this is light years beyond most of what I typically read/listen to.
Steve Aleppo’s narration makes this story and it’s characters come alive.

I have lived today!

This story grabbed my attention immediately. It is a great coming of age story with life’s ups and downs very well written. It made me laugh, and it made me cry. That is a sign of good writing! Thank you Steven Moore for a story with heart!

Harrowing!

This is a very harrowing tale of a young boy's life and escape from his alcoholic, and physically abusive father. His mother escapes a couple of months prior to his leaving, leaving him to deal with his father alone. He is eventually helped escape the island where he lives and has been kept prisoner all his life. Completely innocent of life outside of his home, he is left to fend for himself as he traces his mother's footsteps to reunite with he. There are some nasty life lessons he learns, friends he makes that help him, and a huge twist in the tale. I spent a lot of time talking to, and shouting at Tristan.

I wasn't too thrilled with Steve Aleppo's narration. There was a lot of slurring, and mispronunciations that relally irritated me. I don't think he was the right person for the job