Who do you become when the past won't let you go?Coming out of a bad relationship, thirty-year-old August is trying to piece his life back together. It's far from perfect - he has a one-bedroom apartment, he works in a call center, and he can't finish the book he's working on - but it's something to hold onto.
When he meets Julie Hall, he finds she's everything he isn't - confident, dynamic, and purposeful, and that's despite her troubled childhood. She's a whirlwind who disrupts the apathy of August's life, and he begins to feel he can finally be himself.
But Julie has her own secret - one that threatens to unravel August's world, and plummet him right back into the miseries of his past.
Part romcom, part coming-of-age, August Falling is a story about acceptance, taking ownership of your life, and finding a way to move forward, even when moving forward seems impossible.
About the Author :
Les Zig is a novelist, screenwriter, and speaker.He has six published novels: Just Another Week in Suburbia (ECG Press 2025, although it was originally published by Pantera Press in 2017), explores the questions of trust, fidelity, and how well you can ever truly know another person; Any More Complicated Than That (ECG Press 2024) is a sexy but humorous polarization of the love triangle trope; Prudence (ECG Press 2023) delves into questions of fidelity, temptation, and our darkest desires and poses the question, who do you become when you face the worst part of yourself?; and August Falling (Pantera Press 2018) is a story about unconditional acceptance, reclaiming the past, and finding a way forward.As "Lazaros Zigomanis" (the name under which he was baptized), his YA novel, This, (MidnightSun Publishing 2023), tells the story of a 15-year-old dealing with burgeoning neurosis as he navigates social pressures, high school obligations, and his overbearing Greek parents. Kevin Brophy called it "engrossing, authentic and important fiction". Song of the Curlew (Pinion Press 2019) is about dreams, coming of age, community, love, and racism. It has been described by best-selling Young Adult author George Ivanoff as "an extraordinary book".Les has also written and directed short content: the short film, The Here Now (2023), about a woman who can't escape her grief; The Other Side of Paradise (2022), about a man trapped in his own vengeance; The Abnorms (2020), which was shot entirely in lockdown, and plays with idea of an interdimensional invasion from demonic entities; and the concept trailer for Little Diva Rising (2019).He's currently working on a horror feature, Heritage, in conjunction with Glamm Productions.He's had four screenplays optioned, and a raft of unproduced screenplays place as finalists in over one hundred international competitions. His stories and articles have also been published extensively.A lifetime writer, Les has a love of storytelling, and has always wanted to tell stories.
Review :
'Zig creates a world in which light-heartedness and meaningfulness thrive in harmony. It's a place where the deeper issues of life can be taken with a spoonful of sugar, leaving the sojourner with the bittersweet taste of life and love.'
- Elizabeth Calder
GlamAdelaide
'Mr Zig writes anxiety well - excruciatingly well and yet somehow, August Falling is not the depressive cringe-fest I feared it might be. And the author was right in that intro. August Falling is not a story about love, nor is it one of redemption or arrival either. It's a story of incremental self-acceptance - so incremental it's barely noticeable until one day, things just seem clearer and more hopeful somehow.'
- Jennifer McDonald
For Pity's Sake
'I really enjoyed reading a book that discussed relationships (with others and with ourselves) from a male point of view; and though it's only one male author's point of view refracted through multiple male characters of his own creation, it was nice to see that we all have the same hang ups, self doubts, wants and needs.'
- Suki Harrison
Brisbanista
'August Falling is an entertaining, page-turner - a great weekend read.'
- Joanne P.
Booklover Book Reviews
''Raw, poignant and unflinching ...'
- Laurie Steed
