Nine O’Clock: A Short Novel

By Jason Trocki

Before the house wakes up, Nadia likes to pretend it belongs to truth. At thirteen, she moves through school hallways, basketball practices, and the quiet politics of middle school friendship with the kind of clarity most people spend decades avoiding. Every night at nine o'clock, she steps onto her uncle's driveway to shoot. No coaching points. No audience. Just repetition, cold air, and the dignity of being allowed to improve without being turned into a performance. A novella about the things nobody counts - and why they're the ones that hold everything together.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GVCL46Z6
• ISBN13: 9798253979846
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"