The Slip
CBC Books | CBC News | Posted: June 19, 2017 12:50 PM | Last Updated: August 2, 2018
Mark Sampson
Dr. Philip Sharpe, absent-minded professor extraordinaire, teaches philosophy at the University of Toronto and is one of Canada's most combative public intellectuals. But when a live TV debate with his fiercest rival goes horribly off the rails, an oblivious Philip says some things to her that he really shouldn't have.
As a clip of Philip's "slip" goes viral, it soon reveals all the cracks and fissures in his marriage with his young, stay-at-home wife, Grace. And while the two of them try to get on the same side of the situation, things quickly spiral out of control.
Can Philip make amends and save his marriage? Is there any hope of salvaging his reputation? To do so, he'll need to take a hard look at his on-air comments, and to conscript a band of misfits in a scheme to set things right. (From Dundurn Press)
From the book
It's love that sends me to bed every night, but it's hate that gets me up in the morning.
The love is, I hope, obvious to you, dear reader, despite the row I just described. There really aren't adequate words in the English language to relay the kind of passion that consumes Grace and me, the unspoken timbre we share when even the longest, most tiring day is done. I often think it's the passion that causes us to have such intense squabbles. Fire can, after all, burn in all sorts of directions. Which made her dig at my inconsistencies in the boudoir so out of left field. I mean — come on. Why would she say something so heinous to me?
From The Slip by Mark Sampson ©2017. Published by Dundurn Press.