Remaining

By John Faulkner

What if home was never something you had to find -
only something you had to recognise?

Some things are not lost because they disappear.
They are lost because we stop noticing they are still with us.

Remaining is a quiet, contemplative novel about memory, belonging, and what endures beneath change. As ordinary life continues - work, relationships, familiar routines - subtler truths begin to surface. Not dramatically. Not urgently. Simply present, waiting to be noticed.

Rather than following a traditional quest or outward journey, Remaining turns inward, exploring the spaces where past and present gently overlap. As the rhythms of life slow just enough to be felt, what once seemed distant begins to surface again - not as nostalgia, but as recognition. Not as something to recover, but as something that never truly left.

This is a novel for readers drawn to reflective literary fiction - stories that linger rather than rush, that trust silence as much as plot, and that invite the reader to pause, breathe, and see more clearly.

Remaining is not about becoming someone new.
It is about recognising what has always been true.

Readers who enjoy:

Contemplative literary fiction

Quiet, reflective novels

Stories about memory, home, and belonging

Character-driven, inward journeys

Thoughtful, atmospheric prose

will find something to stay with them here.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1764533518
• ISBN13: 9781764533515
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: John Faulkner
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"