What We Carry After the Fire Reflections on Loss and Resilience
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
29.04.2026
Verlag
Independently PublishedSeitenzahl
134
Maße (L/B/H)
20,3/12,7/0,7 cm
Gewicht
142 g
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798244292329
What We Carry After the Fire
Reflections on Loss and Resilience
What happens after everything burns?
What We Carry After the Fire is a powerful and intimate collection of interconnected stories that explore grief, trauma, and the quiet work of survival. Told through the voice of a Hispanic man reflecting on his childhood and adulthood, these stories trace the lasting impact of loss, domestic violence, and childhood sexual abuse-not through shock or spectacle, but through honesty, restraint, and emotional precision.
From losing the one person who made the world feel safe, to navigating a body shaped by trauma, to learning how to exist in a life that was never supposed to continue-each chapter reveals what it means to keep going when the past does not stay in the past.
These are not stories about what happened.
They are stories about what remains.
Inside this collection, you'll find reflections on:
- The loss of a mother and the disorientation that follows
- Growing up in a home shaped by fear and silence
- The long shadow of childhood trauma and its impact on identity, intimacy, and mental health
- Grief that lives in everyday moments-rooms, objects, and memory
- The slow, deliberate process of reclaiming a life and a sense of self
Written with a quiet, literary voice, What We Carry After the Fire offers readers something rare: not overwhelm, but recognition. Not answers, but understanding.
This book is for anyone who has:
- Lost someone who anchored their world
- Lived through trauma and is still learning how to feel safe
- Carried grief in ways that are invisible to others
- Wondered how to keep going-and did
You are not alone in what you carry.
Perfect for readers of literary memoir, trauma-informed storytelling, and emotionally resonant short fiction, What We Carry After the Fire is a testament to resilience, tenderness, and the quiet courage it takes to remain.Noch keine Bewertungen vorhanden
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