Hello & Goodbye

By Esther Rose

Going outside isn't an escape; it's just another confrontation.

In a New England beach town defined by its exclusivity, Esther is a ghost. Raised in affordable housing and tethered to a history of abuse, her reality is a shattering contrast to the world just beyond the fence.

Hello & Goodbye is a memoir of yearning and desperate hope told through dated vignettes. For six years-from a freshman "cool girl" hiding her terror to a graduate finally standing in the sun-Esther finds her only reprieve in the simple, predictable orbit of James Brooks. A golden-boy athlete with a life of effortless success, James becomes her North Star, a symbol of the safety she was never granted.

This is a raw exploration of the thin line between real memory and the fantasy we use to survive. It is the story of an outsider addicted to a life she can only watch from the edges, and the boy who saved her without ever knowing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GTN6JPZJ
• ISBN13: 9798233365904
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Esther Rose
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"