Like the Star That Has Died

By Carlos Franken

Saying goodbye is never easy. That is the scoop that opens this novel. It's hard to say goodbye to things and places, it's even harder to say goodbye to people, but the hardest thing is to say goodbye to illusions.
We humans get rooted to places, we get attached to material things, and of course... we fall in love.
Sometimes we call "love" something that is simply not love, it would be more accurate to recognize it as an unhealthy emotional attachment or even codependency. When we place our emotional security in another person, we sign a contract for an unhappy relationship.

Leonardo, the protagonist of this story, is in danger of getting lost on the dark slopes he walks on because of the way he "loves."
It is difficult for him to realize that he is walking on them; a glance in the mirror, or perhaps the reflection of another person in the same situation, could tell him where he is, but... What if he never finds out? What if he chooses to cling to a sinking love? Will he go down with it? To what extent can his way of loving lead him to moral and personal ruin? These are the questions that form the backbone of "Like the Star That Has Died", a novel by Carlos Franken.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C6BQ3R67
• ISBN13: 9798396059078
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"