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The Tenderness of Staying
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ISBN13: 9798198245723
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 23 2026
Pages: 356
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 23 2026
Pages: 356
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Some people leave all at once.
Others disappear slowly, while staying exactly where they are.
The Tenderness of Staying is an intimate, atmospheric novel about loneliness, connection, and the quiet emotional weight people carry behind ordinary conversations.
Set in the fragile spaces between comfort and distance, the story follows people trying to hold onto each other while life quietly pulls them apart - through routine, silence, memory, fear, and the small moments that somehow matter most.
Others disappear slowly, while staying exactly where they are.
The Tenderness of Staying is an intimate, atmospheric novel about loneliness, connection, and the quiet emotional weight people carry behind ordinary conversations.
Set in the fragile spaces between comfort and distance, the story follows people trying to hold onto each other while life quietly pulls them apart - through routine, silence, memory, fear, and the small moments that somehow matter most.
Tender, emotionally observant, and hauntingly human, this novel lingers in the feeling of wanting to be understood before it's too late.
For readers who love:
deeply emotional character-driven fiction
bittersweet relationships
quiet intimacy
literary romance
stories that feel personal long after they end
Some books entertain you. Others stay with you.
For readers who love:
deeply emotional character-driven fiction
bittersweet relationships
quiet intimacy
literary romance
stories that feel personal long after they end
Some books entertain you. Others stay with you.
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