My Twenties

By Y. L.

She was the strong one. Until she broke.

Emma is twenty-one. She doesn't go to college, doesn't take selfies at brunch.
She stays home - caring for a mother with heart failure and a grandmother fading into dementia.

But as the women around her fade, Emma begins to disappear too.

My Twenties is a raw, lyrical coming-of-age novel about what happens when a girl becomes a woman by holding others - and no one holds her back.

Told in quiet, poetic prose, this debut explores:
- The emotional cost of caregiving in early adulthood
- Silence between mothers and daughters
- Intergenerational trauma, memory, and music
- The thin line between duty and love

For readers who love:
- Emotionally rich women's fiction & literary psychological fiction
- Stories of mental health, grief, and invisible strength
- Ocean Vuong, Celeste Ng, Delia Owens

What if staying - not running - was the bravest thing you could do?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FB8RWLW5
• ISBN13: 9798285236221
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"