“Compelling from start to finish” – Mark Dawson, USA TODAY Bestseller “A Dickensian-like quest” – Anonymous reviewer “Dark, edgy & painfully honest... packs a powerful punch” – Anonymous reviewer 1960s England, in a cold, harsh autumn. For a decade rumours of domestic abuse have haunted sleepy St. Mary’s Island off the coast of Cornwall. Finally, an abused wife runs for her life. Her only child Tristan soon flees out into the world to escape his demons and find his mother. Weak and naïve, Tristan encounters characters both kind and wicked as he finds himself hitchhiking into London’s gritty East End, and as everything he thought he knew about life crumbles around him and all hope is seemingly lost, he even questions the futility of life itself. As we witness Tristan battle to keep control, all is not as it seems as his passage of self-discovery takes one dark turn after another and sends him to the edge. I Have Lived Today is a beautifully written and heart-wrenching coming of age story. Moore explores humanity’s darker side in this grim exploration into the human conscience, and reminds us that the debate over nature versus nurture might never be truly answered.