Half-Lives

By Sugandhi Saxena

Three strangers. Three cities. One truth they didn't know they were all living. In Hyderabad, Aanya buries herself in medical textbooks and dreams deferred, haunted by a choice that changed everything. In London, Isaac hides his grief behind dry humor and lonely tube rides, avoiding a family that doesn't see him. And in New York, Zo dances between designer gigs and dissociation, escaping a memory she's tried too hard to forget. When an anonymous journal arrives in each of their hands, scrawled with confessions, fragments, and questions, it pulls them into a web of shared loss, buried secrets, and an incident that connects their lives in unexpected ways. The deeper they go, the more they realize this isn't just someone else's story--it's theirs too. Half-Lives is a lyrical and emotionally charged debut about grief, identity, and the fragile beauty of human connection. In a world that often splits us into halves--of where we belong, who we love, and who we're expected to be--this is a story of three people trying to become whole.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5PP3KJ1
• ISBN13: 9798280540798
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 83 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"