Paper Boats

By Spandan Upadhyay

A boy. A drain. A city full of people who look the other way. Rishu folds paper boats and watches them drift into the sewage below his apartment. Each one is a secret--something he can't say out loud in a house that's falling apart in perfect silence. His mother floats through the days like a ghost. His father works late, comes home later. Nobody fights. Nobody talks. And nobody asks what Rishu sees when he closes his eyes. Set in your average Indian city, where everything is cracked but nothing collapses, Paper Boats is a razor-sharp, quietly devastating coming-of-age novella about a child learning how to disappear without making a sound. It's about broken families, buried anger, and the rituals we invent just to stay afloat. If you've ever felt invisible in your own home, or watched love wear itself thin, this story will recognize you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5YDBLGH
• ISBN13: 9798280672529
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 115 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.0"