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Perfect Roots, Tangled Branches
Paperback
Publisher: Davis Shyaka Musirikare
Published: May 16 2026
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Mateo has lived his entire life by the book. Raised by parents who are the definition of goodness, he has never been late, never been rude, and never missed a gold star. He has the perfect job, the perfect girlfriend, and a perfectly organized kitchen. But at thirty years old, Mateo realizes that while his roots are deep and strong, his life feels like a beautiful, silent cage.
Perfect Roots, Tangled Branches is a warm, humorous, and deeply emotional journey of a man who decides to trade his ironed shirts for the mud of a failing farm. The humor comes from the polite collision between Mateo's disciplined upbringing and a world that refuses to follow the rules. From mediating a war over an apple tree to learning the Art of Being Too Early, Mateo discovers that honesty is often messier than a gentle breeze.
When a family crisis calls him back to the city, Mateo must face his greatest challenge: telling the parents he loves that he no longer wants to be their masterpiece. This cinematic novel explores the universal struggle of meeting family expectations while searching for a personal truth. It is a story for anyone who ever did everything right and still wondered why they were waiting for their life to begin.
Follow Mateo as he discovers that being lost is not a mistake-it is the only way to find a path that is truly your own.
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