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Shadows Of The Father
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 22 2026
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Five children were left to survive.
After the death of their mother, their father leaves for a new life abroad, promising to return for them. When he finally sends for his five children, they arrive not to a home-but to displacement. A new wife. A new child. A father stretched thin between guilt and pride.
Soon, the siblings are placed in a separate flat, told to manage.
And they do.
But managing comes at a cost.
Loneliness turns into insecurity.
Insecurity turns into early motherhood, broken relationships, and choices made too soon.
The only son repeats the very mistakes he resents.
The daughters search for love in places that cannot hold them.
Yet this is not just a story about abandonment.
It is a story about resilience.
About siblings who refuse to let pain define their children.
About young parents learning what it truly means to stay.
About a father forced to confront the damage of his absence.
As wounds are opened and truths spoken, the family must decide:
Will they continue a legacy of silence and survival?
Or will they build something new?
The New Legacy is a powerful, emotional, and deeply human novel about generational trauma, responsibility, healing, and the courage it takes to rewrite your inheritance.
This is not a story about perfect redemption.
It is a story about choosing to show up - again and again - until the cycle breaks.
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