Beneath the Silence

ISBN-13: 9789403874609 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str.

Romy Verbruggen

Opis

Emma van Dijk is twenty-two years old and has mastered the art of being invisible. Raised in a home where fear spoke louder than love, she left at eighteen with nothing but a backpack and a one-way train ticket. Four years later, she survives in a tiny apartment, working behind a cash register and carrying memories she has never dared to fully name.When she finally begins therapy, the silence she has lived inside starts to crack. Healing is not gentle. It is slow, confronting, and often painful. Yet within that fragile space, Emma begins to rebuild herself - piece by piece. A friend who shows up without questions. A therapist who waits without pressure. And a man with tattoos and steady hands who sees her not as broken, but as brave.Beneath the Silence is a raw and intimate story about trauma, trust, obsession, and the quiet strength it takes to choose safety over chaos. It is about learning that survival is not the same as living - and that being broken does not mean being beyond repair.