A recently divorced single father struggles to maintain his identity and integrity working for the City of Richmond's Solid Waste pick up. The protagonist negotiates the environments of manual labor and family life while trying to avoid the costs of his alcoholism on his family, his past, and his sense of himself. Nearly brought to suicide, the protagonist survives by discovering the basic beauty of the humanity he shares with the people he works with. | Avenue of Champions by Clay Blancett, Paperback | Indigo Chapters