"A Morning in the Last Breaths": "Because Some Stories Begin at the End"

By Ashok Bhatnagar

What would you do if life gave you just sixty days - not to survive, but to finally live?

After a lifetime of loss, regret, and silence, a man receives the news that he has only sixty days to live. Stricken by the diagnosis of terminal liver cancer, he walks away from the noise of the city, the weight of unhealed memories, and the numbness of alcohol - and into the embrace of the mountains.

There, in the quiet valley wrapped in pine trees and forgotten winds, he meets Ashi - a little girl searching for her lost doll in an abandoned park. Her innocent persistence becomes a mirror to his soul. In helping her search, he begins to search for something lost within himself: faith, innocence, love, and the meaning of life itself.

As each day peels back the layers of memory - a mother's fading warmth, a daughter's stolen laughter, a marriage turned to ash - he writes, reflects, and slowly learns how to say goodbye. But not before he truly learns to live.

"A Morning in the Last Breaths" is a hauntingly beautiful, philosophical journey through grief, healing, and inner peace. It is a novel that will leave you weeping and hopeful, broken and reborn - and make you believe that even in the final breaths, life can offer one last sunrise.

Perfect for readers who love:

Mitch Albom's "Tuesdays with Morrie"Matt Haig's "The Midnight Library"R. J. Palacio's gentle emotional depthPhilosophical fiction, introspective narratives, and books about life, death, and redemption.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FK3NWWFV
• ISBN13: 9798293301027
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"