Sandwichgeneration Stories

"We have the same face. Isn't that enough?" Three years ago, I made a promise to God: If I ever escaped the sandwich-generation grind, I'd spend the rest of my life helping people who were still trapped in it. Three years later, I left a flyer at a small café. One person responded. She had my face. Same eyes. Same features. Even the same exhausted look I'd seen in the mirror for years. Strangers thought we were siblings. My own mother thought I'd somehow found a long-lost relative. I told myself it was a coincidence. I told myself it didn't mean anything. I told myself a lot of things. Then, one year later- She's my wife. She has my face, my heart, and apparently a personal file on everyone who's ever gotten too close to me. "Your ex-girlfriend came back. Why? What does she want?" "I don't like the way she looks at you." "Promise me you'll never leave me." "Promise me." "Promise me." She checks my phone. She researches every new person I try to help. She knows my schedule better than I do. She calls it love. I'm starting to think it's fear. And the strangest part? Neither of us knows why we have the same face. Maybe it's coincidence. Maybe there's an explanation. Or maybe we'll never find out. Because the real question isn't why we look alike. It's whether I can convince her that the face she's terrified of losing... is the same face she sees in the mirror every morning. This is the story of two strangers with the same face, the same debt, and the same fear- and the slow, messy, sometimes terrifying realization that neither of them was ever meant to survive alone.

Tentang seorang gadis yang selalu merasa salah dan menyalahkan kehadirannya di dunia.

Ada orang yang mudah baper, tapi susah lupa. Namanya Sofia. Setelah enam tahun berharap peruntungan cinta nya berhasil Sofia memilih hiatus dari hatinya sendiri. Ia pikir dengan rutinitas yang padat, rindu itu bisa ia kubur. Ternyata tidak. Rindu tidak pernah minta izin untuk tinggal. Ia hanya menetap, diam-diam, di ujung segelas kopi dingin, di tiap lagu yang tak sengaja diputar, menciptakan sepenggal kenangan yang tak pernah ada. Ia punya pekerjaan, punya tanggung jawab, punya hidup yang terlihat baik-baik saja. Tapi di dalam, ada perjalanan yang tak pernah ia selesaikan. Perjalanan sebelum ia mengenal kata "pergi". Perjalanan selama ia belajar melupakan. Dan perjalanan setelah ia sadar, mungkin beberapa hal memang tidak perlu diselesaikan. mengandung beberapa kalimat kasar disarankan pembaca berusia 18+. ig:@klandestiasenandika

Di usia 25 tahun, Nadia Khairani hidup di antara dua dunia - dunia impian dan dunia kenyataan. Siang bekerja di perusahaan start-up yang menuntut perfeksionisme, malam menjadi tulang punggung keluarga. Ia mengurus orang tua yang sakit, adik yang kuliah, dan tagihan yang tak pernah berhenti datang. Setiap hari, Nadia berusaha kuat - tapi di balik senyum ramahnya, ada lelah yang tidak pernah benar-benar pulih. Ketika tekanan hidup kian menumpuk, Nadia mulai mempertanyakan: apakah berbakti berarti harus melupakan diri sendiri?

Menjadi anak sandwich generation dengan cicilan yang menumpuk membuat Gyan (179 cm) resmi jadi cowok paling bingung se-Indonesia. Di satu sisi dia tertekan ekonomi, di sisi lain dia sayang setengah mati pada Nadhira (150 cm)-rekan kerjanya yang mungil, bawel, dan selalu bikin harinya cerah. Masalahnya cuma satu: Mr. Julian, bos mereka yang dingin, punya aturan emas berdarah dingin Zero tolerance for workplace romance. Ketahuan pacaran artinya dipecat instan tanpa pesangon. Demi bertahan hidup, permainan backstreet, obrolan rahasia lewat chat, hingga insiden merayap ke bawah meja kerja pun dimulai. Di antara tenggat waktu agency yang gila dan dinginnya malam Jakarta, mampukah janji kelingking di bawah pohon Senayan membawa Gyan dan Nadhira bertahan sampai ke pelaminan? "Aku nggak butuh superhero sok kuat, Yan. Aku cuma butuh kamu yang mau jalan bareng aku."

Between Gen X and Baby Boomers, in the US alone, there are more than 75 million "mature women" searching for stories featuring relatable characters like this book's protagonist, who is a middle-aged woman at a crossroads. Maggie Dolan journey is one women will understand and they'll want to root her on. Maggie Dolan, forty-five years old is struggling with getting older. With her husband disconnected and keeping something from her, and a daughter soon leaving for college, she realizes it's her time to rediscover the woman she used to be. As Maggie starts out on this exciting and sometimes scary journey, she tries to navigate through the problems in her marriage, her daughter pulling away from her, her narcissistic mother, and the news that her father's health is deteriorating. As Maggie gets overwhelmed, she finds herself making decisions that could blow up the life she's always known. After Happily Ever After is a humorous and heartbreaking look at marriage, family, the empty nest, aging parents, and what happens when they come crashing down at the same time.

Menjadi sandwich generation sekaligus tulang punggung keluarga sudah cukup membuat Siska pusing tujuh keliling. Ditambah lagi, ia harus rutin menghadapi sales bawel di kantor dan mantan pacar parasit yang menguras habis sisa gajinya tanpa tahu malu. Di saat Siska merasa dunianya runtuh di antara tumpukan kardus reject di gudang bawah tanah kantor, uluran tangan itu datang dari Reza-staf logistik bertampang dingin, bermulut tajam, namun selalu punya cara sendiri untuk memastikan Siska tidak pernah kelaparan. Namun, di balik kerasnya ibu kota, trauma masa lalu, dan tembok gengsi yang menjulang tinggi, sanggupkah dua hati yang penuh luka ini saling menyandarkan diri? Atau realita justru memaksa mereka untuk mundur dan menelan rindu dalam diam?