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The Purging Room: Some Doors, Once Opened, Can Never Be Closed Again
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780991471591
Publisher: Cre: Ate 2.0 Publishing, Inc.
Published: May 31 2025
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In the uneasy months after 9/11, successful businessman Phoenix Adams lands in New York having closed the deal of his career. But as Manhattan's skyline comes into view, a profound emptiness engulfs him-the hollow victory of getting exactly what he thought he wanted.
When a cryptic invitation leads him to an unmarked door in the Meatpacking District, Phoenix discovers an extraordinary speakeasy where the enigmatic proprietor Mircea remembers meeting him years before in an Italian garden. Beyond this threshold lies the Purging Room-a perfect circle where lost treasures and impossible books await, and where four legendary figures appear to guide his transformation: a sensual French novelist, a curious English storyteller, a brilliant psychologist, and a Celtic poet.
In this liminal space outside of time, Phoenix must confront the fragmentation of his life-his stifling marriage, his career success devoid of meaning, and the questions he's never dared to ask. As each encounter strips away another layer of pretense, he discovers that true freedom isn't found in escape but in integration-the courage to embrace every aspect of himself he's been taught to deny.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
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