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Chloe
Paperback
Publisher: Carl Anthony McLelland
Published: Feb 23 2026
Pages: 340
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Chloe's life looks perfectly ordinary-from the outside.
Inside, it's unraveling.
Each morning begins in her cramped apartment, where the walls feel closer than her dreams. By the time she survives her soul-crushing commute and steps into the fluorescent-lit battlefield of her corporate job at Synergy Solutions, her anxiety is already simmering. Passive-aggressive emails, forced smiles in meetings, and the quiet dread of Is this really it? follow her like a shadow.
But the pressure doesn't stop at the office door.
At home, a demanding mother keeps score of Chloe's shortcomings, her boyfriend Mark can't seem to meet her halfway, and Bartholomew-her sassy, brutally honest parrot-offers commentary no one asked for. Every relationship feels like another reminder that she's falling short of the life she imagined.
As dissatisfaction tightens its grip, Chloe is forced to confront the question she's been avoiding:
Is life really that bad... or is she living it the wrong way?
Wry, relatable, and painfully honest, this story captures the quiet chaos of modern adulthood-and the courage it takes to admit you want more.
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