🕊️ Connected By Tragedy

Characters drawn together not by choice but by shared loss, discovering that grief can forge bonds as powerful and complicated as any other.

Ashes of Life

by Erica Lucke Dean • 2015

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

4.07

1k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping

Ashes of Life 88%

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

by Erica Lucke Dean 2015

4.07

1k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping

The Sea of Tranquility

by Katja Millay • 2012

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

4.28

89k+

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Sea of Tranquility 88%

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

by Katja Millay 2012

4.28

89k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Darling Venom

by Parker S. Huntington • 2021

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

4.25

84k+

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief

Darling Venom 88%

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

by Parker S. Huntington 2021

4.25

84k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief

Wrecked

by Bree L. Mina • 2025

Stranded after a plane crash with the man who broke her heart: he's marrying her sister.

4.20

13k+

💔 Tragic Romance 🏝️ Survival Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love

Wrecked 88%

Stranded after a plane crash with the man who broke her heart: he's marrying her sister.

by Bree L. Mina 2025

4.20

13k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Romance 🏝️ Survival Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love

The Truth About Lies

by Aly Martinez • 2018

A widower handyman falls for the woman hiding trafficked girls, but her enemies want them both dead.

4.26

6k+

💔 Love After Loss 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Forced Proximity

The Truth About Lies 88%

A widower handyman falls for the woman hiding trafficked girls, but her enemies want them both dead.

by Aly Martinez 2018

4.26

6k+ ratings

💔 Love After Loss 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Forced Proximity

Scars Like Wings

by Erin Stewart • 2019

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

4.05

7k+

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor'S Guilt

Scars Like Wings 87%

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

by Erin Stewart 2019

4.05

7k+ ratings

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor'S Guilt

The Wrong Heart

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

4.41

28k+

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding

The Wrong Heart 87%

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021

4.41

28k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding

No Time to Say Goodbye

by Carla Fine • 1996

For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.

4.25

1k+

🖤 Suicide Bereavement 💔 Trauma Recovery 😞 Survivor Guilt

No Time to Say Goodbye 87%

For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.

by Carla Fine 1996

4.25

1k+ ratings

🖤 Suicide Bereavement 💔 Trauma Recovery 😞 Survivor Guilt

The Fabric of Our Souls

by K.M. Moronova • 2023

She's suicidal. He's addicted to pain. Their rehab pact: keep each other alive, or burn together.

4.09

55k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🤝 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort

The Fabric of Our Souls 87%

She's suicidal. He's addicted to pain. Their rehab pact: keep each other alive, or burn together.

by K.M. Moronova 2023

4.09

55k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🤝 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2019

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

4.07

43k+

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

How to Make Friends with the Dark Summary

How to Make Friends with the Dark 87%

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2019

4.07

43k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance

by Alison Espach • 2022

A teenager loses her older sister in a crash, then spends years confessing to her ghost.

3.81

41k+

👯 Sister Bond 🪦 Sibling Loss 😔 Survivor'S Guilt

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance Summary

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance 87%

A teenager loses her older sister in a crash, then spends years confessing to her ghost.

by Alison Espach 2022

3.81

41k+ ratings

👯 Sister Bond 🪦 Sibling Loss 😔 Survivor'S Guilt

Un amigo gratis

by Inma Rubiales • 2019

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

4.16

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family

Un amigo gratis 87%

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

by Inma Rubiales 2019

4.16

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family

Life After Suicide

by Jennifer Ashton • 2019

A husband's suicide, a doctor's grief: finding the way through a loss nobody talks about.

3.83

934

🖤 Suicide Loss 📖 Grief Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

Life After Suicide 87%

A husband's suicide, a doctor's grief: finding the way through a loss nobody talks about.

by Jennifer Ashton 2019

3.83

934 ratings

🖤 Suicide Loss 📖 Grief Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

Three Weeks with My Brother

by Nicholas Sparks • 2004

Two brothers tour the world's ancient wonders while sifting through a lifetime of shared loss.

4.05

51k+

🏠 Family Memoir 💔 Grief Memoir 👬 Brotherhood

Three Weeks with My Brother 87%

Two brothers tour the world's ancient wonders while sifting through a lifetime of shared loss.

by Nicholas Sparks 2004

4.05

51k+ ratings

🏠 Family Memoir 💔 Grief Memoir 👬 Brotherhood

Ugly Love

by Colleen Hoover • 2014

Her neighbor wants her body without her questions. She agrees, then falls anyway.

3.99

2.3M+

🥀 Angsty Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 No Strings Attached

Ugly Love 87%

Her neighbor wants her body without her questions. She agrees, then falls anyway.

by Colleen Hoover 2014

3.99

2.3M+ ratings

🥀 Angsty Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 No Strings Attached

Forbidden

by Tabitha Suzuma • 2010

Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.

3.95

76k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings 😰 Social Anxiety

Forbidden 87%

Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.

by Tabitha Suzuma 2010

3.95

76k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings 😰 Social Anxiety

If You're Happy

by Fiona Robertson • 2022

Sixteen stories of ordinary people who keep choosing happiness after life has broken their hearts.

4.27

138

🔗 Interconnected Stories 📖 Literary Realism 💔 Grief And Healing

If You're Happy 87%

Sixteen stories of ordinary people who keep choosing happiness after life has broken their hearts.

by Fiona Robertson 2022

4.27

138 ratings

🔗 Interconnected Stories 📖 Literary Realism 💔 Grief And Healing

Pay It Forward

by Catherine Ryan Hyde • 1999

To change the world, a boy invents a kindness chain; his own life becomes its cost.

4.20

29k+

👵👦 Intergenerational Bond 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🤝 Acts Of Kindness

Pay It Forward 87%

To change the world, a boy invents a kindness chain; his own life becomes its cost.

by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999

4.20

29k+ ratings

👵👦 Intergenerational Bond 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🤝 Acts Of Kindness

The Girl & Her Ren

by Pepper Winters • 2018

Ren raised Della from a baby. Now she’s grown, and his love for her is forbidden.

4.49

8k+

🔥 Taboo Romance 💔 Terminal Illness 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

The Girl & Her Ren 87%

Ren raised Della from a baby. Now she’s grown, and his love for her is forbidden.

by Pepper Winters 2018

4.49

8k+ ratings

🔥 Taboo Romance 💔 Terminal Illness 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Tiger Eyes

by Judy Blume • 2005

After her father's murder, a girl moves to the desert and finds healing with a stranger.

3.92

19k+

💔 Grieving A Parent 🌱 Healing From Loss 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Tiger Eyes 87%

After her father's murder, a girl moves to the desert and finds healing with a stranger.

by Judy Blume 2005

3.92

19k+ ratings

💔 Grieving A Parent 🌱 Healing From Loss 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

If He Had Been With Me

by Laura Nowlin • 2013

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

3.78

598k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love

If He Had Been With Me 87%

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

by Laura Nowlin 2013

3.78

598k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love

A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney • 2022

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

4.62

35k+

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir

A Heart That Works 87%

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

by Rob Delaney 2022

4.62

35k+ ratings

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir

A Pessimist's Guide to Love

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2023

A near-death forces childhood best friends, haunted by tragedy, under one roof to heal or shatter.

4.00

13k+

👧👦 Childhood Best Friends 🖤 Shared Grief 😔 Guilt-Ridden Hero

A Pessimist's Guide to Love 87%

A near-death forces childhood best friends, haunted by tragedy, under one roof to heal or shatter.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2023

4.00

13k+ ratings

👧👦 Childhood Best Friends 🖤 Shared Grief 😔 Guilt-Ridden Hero

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon

by Matthew Norman • 2025

A widow and a widower, tricked together for the holidays, discover that love deserves a sequel.

4.26

29k+

👫 Widow Romance 🎬 Holiday Movie Marathon 🖤 Grief Bonding

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon Summary

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon 87%

A widow and a widower, tricked together for the holidays, discover that love deserves a sequel.

by Matthew Norman 2025

4.26

29k+ ratings

👫 Widow Romance 🎬 Holiday Movie Marathon 🖤 Grief Bonding

If Only I Had Told Her

by Laura Nowlin • 2024

Childhood best friends. A long-awaited confession. Then a car crash that leaves one of them behind.

3.85

210k+

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Ya Romance 🤫 Secret Pining

If Only I Had Told Her 87%

Childhood best friends. A long-awaited confession. Then a car crash that leaves one of them behind.

by Laura Nowlin 2024

3.85

210k+ ratings

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Ya Romance 🤫 Secret Pining

My Heart and Other Black Holes

by Jasmine Warga • 2015

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

3.95

63k+

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief

My Heart and Other Black Holes 87%

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

by Jasmine Warga 2015

3.95

63k+ ratings

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief

Somewhere in the Sunset

by Estelle Maskame • 2024

She's nursing a breakup. He's hiding his. One shared Uber ride, and suddenly healing feels possible.

3.52

2k+

🌅 Tragic Romance 💔 Post Breakup Healing 🤝 Strangers To Lovers

Somewhere in the Sunset 87%

She's nursing a breakup. He's hiding his. One shared Uber ride, and suddenly healing feels possible.

by Estelle Maskame 2024

3.52

2k+ ratings

🌅 Tragic Romance 💔 Post Breakup Healing 🤝 Strangers To Lovers

The Memory Collectors

by Dete Meserve • 2025

Four strangers journey into their own pasts to heal, and find the same tragedy waiting.

3.91

10k+

🕰️ Emotional Time Travel 💔 Linked By Tragedy 😢 Grieving Mother

The Memory Collectors 87%

Four strangers journey into their own pasts to heal, and find the same tragedy waiting.

by Dete Meserve 2025

3.91

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Emotional Time Travel 💔 Linked By Tragedy 😢 Grieving Mother

One Small Thing

by Erin Watt • 2018

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

3.80

11k+

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

One Small Thing 87%

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

by Erin Watt 2018

3.80

11k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Lost & Found

by Kathryn Schulz • 2022

A father lost, a wife found: the discovery that grief and joy are not opposites.

4.11

10k+

🕊️ Grief And Mourning 🔍 Loss And Finding ❤️ Romantic Love

Lost & Found 87%

A father lost, a wife found: the discovery that grief and joy are not opposites.

by Kathryn Schulz 2022

4.11

10k+ ratings

🕊️ Grief And Mourning 🔍 Loss And Finding ❤️ Romantic Love

Delilah

by Ariel N. Anderson • 2024

Returning to the decaying mansion, she unearths a confession her serial killer father left behind.

4.29

40k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Serial Killer'S Child 🌱 Trauma Recovery

Delilah 87%

Returning to the decaying mansion, she unearths a confession her serial killer father left behind.

by Ariel N. Anderson 2024

4.29

40k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Serial Killer'S Child 🌱 Trauma Recovery

Lakestone - Tome 1

by Sarah Rivens • 2024

To survive, Iris waitresses at a violent nightclub. To keep her, its owner will destroy everything.

4.35

13k+

💔 Tragic Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 Obsessive Love

Lakestone - Tome 1 87%

To survive, Iris waitresses at a violent nightclub. To keep her, its owner will destroy everything.

by Sarah Rivens 2024

4.35

13k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 Obsessive Love

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

93k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters

Love Letters to the Dead 87%

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014

3.78

93k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

by Dave Eggers • 2000

Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.

3.69

184k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🖤 Grief Memoir 👬 Brothers

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 87%

Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.

by Dave Eggers 2000

3.69

184k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🖤 Grief Memoir 👬 Brothers

Sisterhood Everlasting

by Ann Brashares • 2011

Four friends reunite in Santorini, but the woman who called them has drowned.

3.91

39k+

👯 Grown Up Friendship 💕 Second Chance Love 👧 Childhood Friends

Sisterhood Everlasting 87%

Four friends reunite in Santorini, but the woman who called them has drowned.

by Ann Brashares 2011

3.91

39k+ ratings

👯 Grown Up Friendship 💕 Second Chance Love 👧 Childhood Friends

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite

by Pierre Bottero • 2002

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

4.06

136

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite Summary

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite 87%

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

by Pierre Bottero 2002

4.06

136 ratings

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister

Fractured

by Dani Atkins • 2013

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

3.80

17k+

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor'S Guilt

Fractured 87%

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

by Dani Atkins 2013

3.80

17k+ ratings

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor'S Guilt

Hate List

by Jennifer Brown • 2009

After her boyfriend's school shooting, a girl's notebook of grudges turns her into a suspect.

4.00

67k+

🏫 School Shooting Aftermath 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 🎨 Healing Through Art

Hate List 87%

After her boyfriend's school shooting, a girl's notebook of grudges turns her into a suspect.

by Jennifer Brown 2009

4.00

67k+ ratings

🏫 School Shooting Aftermath 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 🎨 Healing Through Art

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman • 2017

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

4.23

1.4M+

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Summary

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 87%

Eleanor Oliphant lives alone, drinks alone, and tells herself she prefers it that way.

by Gail Honeyman 2017

4.23

1.4M+ ratings

🗣️ Quirky Narrator 💔 Traumatic Childhood 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Float Plan

by Trish Doller • 2021

A woman grieving her fiancé's suicide sails alone. An Irish sailor with a prosthetic joins her.

3.94

35k+

🖤 Love After Loss 💙 Wounded Hero ⛵ Forced Proximity

Float Plan 87%

A woman grieving her fiancé's suicide sails alone. An Irish sailor with a prosthetic joins her.

by Trish Doller 2021

3.94

35k+ ratings

🖤 Love After Loss 💙 Wounded Hero ⛵ Forced Proximity

An Emotion of Great Delight

by Tahereh Mafi • 2021

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

3.66

12k+

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance

An Emotion of Great Delight 87%

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

by Tahereh Mafi 2021

3.66

12k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance

A Sky Full of Stars

by Dani Atkins • 2021

Four strangers receive one woman's organs. Her husband's letters turn them into an unlikely family.

4.29

5k+

🫀 Organ Transplant 💔 Grieving Widower 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

A Sky Full of Stars 87%

Four strangers receive one woman's organs. Her husband's letters turn them into an unlikely family.

by Dani Atkins 2021

4.29

5k+ ratings

🫀 Organ Transplant 💔 Grieving Widower 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

September 11

by Dean E. Murphy • 2002

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

4.34

272

🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders

September 11 87%

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

by Dean E. Murphy 2002

4.34

272 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders

Antes de ella

by Flor M. Salvador • 2019

Drowning in guilt and addiction, Luke meets a girl whose light makes survival worth the fight.

3.84

11k+

💔 Tragic Love Story 🖤 Broken Hero 😢 Grief And Guilt

Antes de ella 87%

Drowning in guilt and addiction, Luke meets a girl whose light makes survival worth the fight.

by Flor M. Salvador 2019

3.84

11k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Love Story 🖤 Broken Hero 😢 Grief And Guilt

The Promise

by Emma Heatherington • 2021

After a bombing, a Catholic nurse and Protestant minister's son vow to find each other again.

3.97

449

🚫 Forbidden Love 🇮🇪 The Troubles 💔 Trauma Healing

The Promise 87%

After a bombing, a Catholic nurse and Protestant minister's son vow to find each other again.

by Emma Heatherington 2021

3.97

449 ratings

🚫 Forbidden Love 🇮🇪 The Troubles 💔 Trauma Healing

Blue Sisters

by Coco Mellors • 2024

Three sisters reunite after the fourth's overdose. Grief binds them. Secrets could break them.

3.90

336k+

🖤 Sisters In Grief 🏠 Family Drama 🩹 Addiction Recovery

Blue Sisters 87%

Three sisters reunite after the fourth's overdose. Grief binds them. Secrets could break them.

by Coco Mellors 2024

3.90

336k+ ratings

🖤 Sisters In Grief 🏠 Family Drama 🩹 Addiction Recovery

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

by Tess Sharpe • 2023

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

4.15

13k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] Summary

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] 87%

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

by Tess Sharpe 2023

4.15

13k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining

The Collected Regrets of Clover

by Mikki Brammer • 2023

A death doula collects the dying's final regrets. A new neighbor asks what hers are.

4.16

126k+

🔒 Emotionally Guarded 🫂 Found Family 👯 Unlikely Friendship

The Collected Regrets of Clover 87%

A death doula collects the dying's final regrets. A new neighbor asks what hers are.

by Mikki Brammer 2023

4.16

126k+ ratings

🔒 Emotionally Guarded 🫂 Found Family 👯 Unlikely Friendship

Any Ordinary Day

by Leigh Sales • 2018

A journalist discovers that the most resilient people do not overcome tragedy: they absorb it.

4.13

17k+

🎤 Narrative Journalism 🧠 Trauma Psychology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

Any Ordinary Day 86%

A journalist discovers that the most resilient people do not overcome tragedy: they absorb it.

by Leigh Sales 2018

4.13

17k+ ratings

🎤 Narrative Journalism 🧠 Trauma Psychology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

If There's No Tomorrow

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2017

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

4.02

21k+

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor'S Guilt

If There's No Tomorrow 86%

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2017

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor'S Guilt

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