How to Walk with Steve

How to Walk with Steve is a memoir of a boys connection with his autistic brother in a family defined by alcoholism art and death in a decaying Midwestern city. With exposed-nerve scenes Robert Fromberg immerses us in an early childhood made relentlessly unpredictable by autism and addiction; teenage years alone in 1970s New York City; and young adulthood as guardian of his brother after the death of their parents.Praise for How to Walk with Steve: ​Robert Frombergs poignant memoir details the painful ordinariness of misery -- even for the bright scion of an artistic family . . . In refusing easy consolations Fromberg has created a memoir that shines like polished bone.--Patricia Eakins author of The Hungry Girls and Other Stories​Without a trace of affectation or adornment Fromberg depicts the searing moments that made him who he is. Never have I read a more authentic deeply-felt rendering of a childs developing mind.--Leslie Lawrence author of The Death of Fred Astaire and Other Essays from a Life Outside the Lines​Fragmented yet unified direct yet elusive How to Walk with Steve is a vivid memoir about family and geography obligation and freedom. Fromberg has a remarkable ability to inject meaning into silence into the cracks between sections into all the things that remain unsaid. --Brett Biebel author of 48 BlitzHow to Walk with Steve by Rob Fromberg is an inviting conversational and deeply personal portrait of a mans relationship with his brother across places and across time. Using small sections that can feel like standalone poems Fromberg carefully crafts a resonant memoir about the challenges and obligations-and also the faith and love-that connect siblings through the years. Full of humor honesty and surprise How to Walk with Steve is sure to succeed with nonfiction readers who appreciate unrelenting wit and candor.--Scott Kenemore author of Lake of Darkness​