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The Cost of Staying Pleasant
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Publisher: Notion Press
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
For generations, we have been taught that to be good is to be quiet. We learn early on that maintaining peace in a room is often considered more valuable than speaking our truth. The Cost of Staying Pleasant is born from this silent, universal struggle. This is not a story of loud rebellion. It is the story of Meera, and by extension, the story of anyone who has ever shrunk themselves to fit comfortably inside the expectations of others. It explores the heavy, invisible toll of constant adjustment-the slow realization that building a life around the comfort of others often means disappearing from your own.
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