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An introspective novel about estranged siblings, unspoken traumas, fragile reconnection, and the kind of loss that reshapes everything. Ivy has been floating through life-disconnected from her art, her passions, and even herself. She doesn't quite know where she's headed, only that something inside her feels stuck. So when a message from her brother Connor-recently hospitalized after a car accident-arrives, she's caught off guard. They haven't been close in years, not since childhood fractured them in different ways. Still, she opens the door. As the two cautiously reconnect, old memories begin to surface. Their shared past-marked by emotional neglect and quiet, enduring hurt-takes on new shape in the light of adulthood. Through long conversations and small, unspoken comforts, Ivy begins to rediscover a version of herself she thought she'd lost. And Connor, quiet and philosophical, seems like he's starting to heal too. But Connor is carrying more than physical wounds, and that the darkness he carries is deeper than she can imagine. Ivy must confront her own grief, guilt, and the fear that she never truly knew her brother at all. In Stillness and In Silence is a tender, haunting story of mental health, family, and the quiet moments that shape-and sometimes shatter-our lives. A story about what remains when words run out, and how healing can begin even in the silence.
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