The Life We Left for Later

By Paulo Reyes

Laura is always the one who remembers. The one who keeps the family moving, who cools the milk, finds the school forms, and suggests plans no one has time for.

Gabriel is always working. Nicol s is old enough to believe that later means forever. Abril still thinks every empty chair belongs to someone.

Then, after an ordinary morning and an unanswered message, Laura is gone.

In the days that follow, a husband, a teenage son, and a little girl must learn how grief moves through a home: through a chipped blue mug, a sweatshirt left on a chair, an unopened voice message, a missing game piece, and all the small things that keep working after a life stops.

Tender, intimate, and deeply human, The Life We Left for Later is a moving novel about family, guilt, love, and the dangerous habit of postponing what matters most.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HCY6WVR7
• ISBN13: 9798190801255
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"