Melancholy And Yearning Books | Summaries & Audio

Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami • 1987

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

3.99

739k+

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy

Norwegian Wood 88%

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

by Haruki Murakami 1987

3.99

739k+ ratings

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor'S Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy

Mr Salary

by Sally Rooney • 2016

For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.

3.73

43k+

📚 Literary Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 💭 Unspoken Attraction

Mr Salary 87%

For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.

by Sally Rooney 2016

3.73

43k+ ratings

📚 Literary Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 💭 Unspoken Attraction

The Name of the World

by Denis Johnson • 2000

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

3.55

3k+

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

The Name of the World 87%

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

by Denis Johnson 2000

3.55

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

Eres el amor de mi otra vida

by Gilraen Eärfalas • 2024

Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.

3.92

5k+

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👻 The One Who Got Away

Eres el amor de mi otra vida 87%

Her partner is a painter whose only subject is another woman. That woman exists.

by Gilraen Eärfalas 2024

3.92

5k+ ratings

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👻 The One Who Got Away

Long Island

by Colm Tóibín • 2024

An Irish immigrant flees home after her husband's betrayal, to find her former lover engaged.

3.70

89k+

💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Return To Hometown ☁️ Melancholy

Long Island 86%

An Irish immigrant flees home after her husband's betrayal, to find her former lover engaged.

by Colm Tóibín 2024

3.70

89k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 🏠 Return To Hometown ☁️ Melancholy

Men Without Women

by Haruki Murakami • 2014

Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.

3.74

128k+

🖤 Male Loneliness 🗿 Emotional Repression 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

Men Without Women 86%

Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.

by Haruki Murakami 2014

3.74

128k+ ratings

🖤 Male Loneliness 🗿 Emotional Repression 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

Love Is Blind

by William Boyd • 2018

When a piano tuner falls for a virtuoso's mistress, her husband pursues them across Europe.

3.98

9k+

🎼 Classical Music World 💔 Forbidden Love 🧳 Exile And Displacement

Love Is Blind 86%

When a piano tuner falls for a virtuoso's mistress, her husband pursues them across Europe.

by William Boyd 2018

3.98

9k+ ratings

🎼 Classical Music World 💔 Forbidden Love 🧳 Exile And Displacement

White Nights

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky • 1848

Over four white nights, a lonely dreamer offers his heart to a girl waiting for another.

4.07

370k+

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🧍 Lonely Narrator

White Nights 86%

Over four white nights, a lonely dreamer offers his heart to a girl waiting for another.

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1848

4.07

370k+ ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🧍 Lonely Narrator

The Three Sisters

by Anton Chekhov • 1900

Three sisters in a provincial town yearn for Moscow as their dreams dissolve around them.

3.71

25k+

🎭 Naturalist Theatre 👩‍👩‍👩 Sisters As Protagonists 🌆 Longing For Elsewhere

The Three Sisters 86%

Three sisters in a provincial town yearn for Moscow as their dreams dissolve around them.

by Anton Chekhov 1900

3.71

25k+ ratings

🎭 Naturalist Theatre 👩‍👩‍👩 Sisters As Protagonists 🌆 Longing For Elsewhere

Identity

by Milan Kundera • 1997

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

3.69

34k+

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner

Identity 86%

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

by Milan Kundera 1997

3.69

34k+ ratings

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner

Schoolgirl

by Osamu Dazai • 1939

A grieving Japanese schoolgirl spends a day navigating pretense and the hunger to feel real.

3.96

26k+

🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 😞 Adolescent Angst 🕯️ Parental Loss

Schoolgirl 86%

A grieving Japanese schoolgirl spends a day navigating pretense and the hunger to feel real.

by Osamu Dazai 1939

3.96

26k+ ratings

🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 😞 Adolescent Angst 🕯️ Parental Loss

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy • 1895

A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.

3.84

76k+

❤️ Forbidden Love 🎓 Thwarted Ambition 💍 Marriage Critique

Jude the Obscure 86%

A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.

by Thomas Hardy 1895

3.84

76k+ ratings

❤️ Forbidden Love 🎓 Thwarted Ambition 💍 Marriage Critique

The Blue Flower

by Penelope Fitzgerald • 1995

In 1790s Saxony, a restless philosopher sees his soul's answer in a twelve-year-old girl.

3.44

7k+

🖋️ Biographical Novel 🌹 German Romanticism 💭 Idealized Love

The Blue Flower 86%

In 1790s Saxony, a restless philosopher sees his soul's answer in a twelve-year-old girl.

by Penelope Fitzgerald 1995

3.44

7k+ ratings

🖋️ Biographical Novel 🌹 German Romanticism 💭 Idealized Love

The Zahir

by Paulo Coelho • 2006

His wife vanished. His search becomes an obsession, pulling him from Paris to the Kazakh steppe.

3.58

84k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ✨ Spiritual Journey 🔍 Missing Wife

The Zahir 86%

His wife vanished. His search becomes an obsession, pulling him from Paris to the Kazakh steppe.

by Paulo Coelho 2006

3.58

84k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ✨ Spiritual Journey 🔍 Missing Wife

The Museum of Innocence

by Orhan Pamuk • 2008

An Istanbul bachelor's obsession with a lost love becomes a museum of the objects she touched.

3.78

40k+

🇹🇷 Turkish Literature 💔 Obsessive Love 🔺 Love Triangle

The Museum of Innocence 86%

An Istanbul bachelor's obsession with a lost love becomes a museum of the objects she touched.

by Orhan Pamuk 2008

3.78

40k+ ratings

🇹🇷 Turkish Literature 💔 Obsessive Love 🔺 Love Triangle

El amor, las mujeres y la vida

by Mario Benedetti • 1995

Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.

4.21

6k+

🗺️ Latin American Poetry 💝 Love Poetry 🏠 Everyday Intimacy

El amor, las mujeres y la vida 86%

Love as daily resistance to death: a poet's half-century of intimacy, absence, and stubborn hope.

by Mario Benedetti 1995

4.21

6k+ ratings

🗺️ Latin American Poetry 💝 Love Poetry 🏠 Everyday Intimacy

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 86%

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

Falling in Love Again

by Ruskin Bond • 2013

His love stories all end with a departing train and a face he will never see again.

3.64

2k+

🖤 Unrequited Love 🚂 Chance Encounters 🌅 Memory And Nostalgia

Falling in Love Again 86%

His love stories all end with a departing train and a face he will never see again.

by Ruskin Bond 2013

3.64

2k+ ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 🚂 Chance Encounters 🌅 Memory And Nostalgia

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë • 1853

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

3.78

82k+

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Villette 86%

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

by Charlotte Brontë 1853

3.78

82k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Letters to Milena

by Franz Kafka • 1952

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

3.93

26k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love

Letters to Milena 86%

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

by Franz Kafka 1952

3.93

26k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love

Montauk

by Max Frisch • 1975

At Montauk with a young woman, an aging writer confronts every life he failed to live.

3.82

3k+

🖋️ Autobiographical Novel 💔 Age Gap Relationship ⏳ Brief Encounter

Montauk 86%

At Montauk with a young woman, an aging writer confronts every life he failed to live.

by Max Frisch 1975

3.82

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Autobiographical Novel 💔 Age Gap Relationship ⏳ Brief Encounter

Nocturnes

by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2009

Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.

3.51

33k+

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🌟 Fading Celebrity 💔 Marriage In Decline

Nocturnes 86%

Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.

by Kazuo Ishiguro 2009

3.51

33k+ ratings

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🌟 Fading Celebrity 💔 Marriage In Decline

Talking at Night

by Claire Daverley • 2023

Her twin dies; a guarded boy's vulnerability sparks a connection that haunts them for years.

3.90

75k+

🖤 Twin Grief ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn

Talking at Night 86%

Her twin dies; a guarded boy's vulnerability sparks a connection that haunts them for years.

by Claire Daverley 2023

3.90

75k+ ratings

🖤 Twin Grief ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn

The Setting Sun

by Osamu Dazai • 1947

Fallen from grace in post-war Japan, she writes feverish letters to a married writer, chasing hope.

3.97

44k+

🏚 Aristocratic Decline 🇯🇵 Post-War Japan 💔 Forbidden Love

The Setting Sun 86%

Fallen from grace in post-war Japan, she writes feverish letters to a married writer, chasing hope.

by Osamu Dazai 1947

3.97

44k+ ratings

🏚 Aristocratic Decline 🇯🇵 Post-War Japan 💔 Forbidden Love

Mariana

by Monica Dickens • 1940

Through a storm, Mary Shannon waits for her husband's ship and relives a lifetime of love.

3.90

3k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Interwar Britain 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🌿 English Countryside

Mariana 86%

Through a storm, Mary Shannon waits for her husband's ship and relives a lifetime of love.

by Monica Dickens 1940

3.90

3k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Interwar Britain 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🌿 English Countryside

Adelaide

by Genevieve Wheeler • 2023

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

3.93

49k+

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable

Adelaide 86%

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

by Genevieve Wheeler 2023

3.93

49k+ ratings

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man

by Ivan Turgenev • 1850

A dying nobleman chronicles a life of watching, never daring, forever unnecessary.

3.84

4k+

📜 Russian Classic 📔 Confessional Diary 💔 Unrequited Love

The Diary Of A Superfluous Man 86%

A dying nobleman chronicles a life of watching, never daring, forever unnecessary.

by Ivan Turgenev 1850

3.84

4k+ ratings

📜 Russian Classic 📔 Confessional Diary 💔 Unrequited Love

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan • 2010

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

3.70

252k+

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time

A Visit from the Goon Squad 86%

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

by Jennifer Egan 2010

3.70

252k+ ratings

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time

Walk the Blue Fields

by Claire Keegan • 2007

A priest marries off his love, then finds release in the hands of a stranger.

3.99

14k+

🌾 Rural Ireland 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Repressed Desire

Walk the Blue Fields 86%

A priest marries off his love, then finds release in the hands of a stranger.

by Claire Keegan 2007

3.99

14k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Ireland 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Repressed Desire

Madonna in a Fur Coat

by Sabahattin Ali • 1943

A coworker finds a clerk's black notebook and unlocks a doomed love affair in 1920s Berlin.

4.30

126k+

💔 Tragic Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😶 Emotional Repression

Madonna in a Fur Coat 86%

A coworker finds a clerk's black notebook and unlocks a doomed love affair in 1920s Berlin.

by Sabahattin Ali 1943

4.30

126k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😶 Emotional Repression

The Book of Disquiet

by Fernando Pessoa • 1982

A Lisbon clerk fills notebooks with tedium, dreams, and the sense that nothing means anything.

4.39

38k+

🧩 Fragmentary Novel ✒️ Prose Poetry 💼 Solitary Office Worker

The Book of Disquiet 86%

A Lisbon clerk fills notebooks with tedium, dreams, and the sense that nothing means anything.

by Fernando Pessoa 1982

4.39

38k+ ratings

🧩 Fragmentary Novel ✒️ Prose Poetry 💼 Solitary Office Worker

Summer and Smoke

by Tennessee Williams • 1948

From her rectory window, she watches the doctor's son chase everything she cannot give him.

3.99

3k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 💔 Unrequited Love 🔥 Repressed Desire

Summer and Smoke 86%

From her rectory window, she watches the doctor's son chase everything she cannot give him.

by Tennessee Williams 1948

3.99

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 💔 Unrequited Love 🔥 Repressed Desire

The Tartar Steppe

by Dino Buzzati • 1940

A young officer at a remote fort waits a lifetime for a battle that never comes.

4.20

43k+

🏰 Existential Allegory ⏳ Wasted Life 🇮🇹 Italian Modernism

The Tartar Steppe 86%

A young officer at a remote fort waits a lifetime for a battle that never comes.

by Dino Buzzati 1940

4.20

43k+ ratings

🏰 Existential Allegory ⏳ Wasted Life 🇮🇹 Italian Modernism

Broken April by Ismail Kadare

by Ismail Kadare • 1978

After a blood killing, a mountaineer has thirty days before the ancient code demands his life.

4.00

9k+

🩸 Blood Feud ⚰️ Doomed Protagonist 🥀 Impossible Longing

Broken April by Ismail Kadare 86%

After a blood killing, a mountaineer has thirty days before the ancient code demands his life.

by Ismail Kadare 1978

4.00

9k+ ratings

🩸 Blood Feud ⚰️ Doomed Protagonist 🥀 Impossible Longing

Fantastic Night & Other Stories

by Stefan Zweig • 1922

Between numbness and feeling: five souls in prewar Vienna discover the ache of being alive.

3.98

2k+

🧠 Psychological Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌅 Emotional Awakening

Fantastic Night & Other Stories 86%

Between numbness and feeling: five souls in prewar Vienna discover the ache of being alive.

by Stefan Zweig 1922

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Fiction 💔 Unrequited Love 🌅 Emotional Awakening

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran • 1923

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

4.23

332k+

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature

The Prophet 85%

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

by Kahlil Gibran 1923

4.23

332k+ ratings

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature

Sad Girls

by Lang Leav • 2017

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

3.33

12k+

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Sad Girls 85%

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

by Lang Leav 2017

3.33

12k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Queda la noche

by Soledad Puértolas • 2006

A Madrid woman's Indian summer tangles her in photographs, strangers, and the quiet work of spies.

3.04

352

🎲 Chance Encounters 💔 Melancholic Longing 😐 Disaffected Narrator

Queda la noche 85%

A Madrid woman's Indian summer tangles her in photographs, strangers, and the quiet work of spies.

by Soledad Puértolas 2006

3.04

352 ratings

🎲 Chance Encounters 💔 Melancholic Longing 😐 Disaffected Narrator

IGNORANCE (L') by MILAN KUNDERA

by Milan Kundera • 2000

Twenty years after fleeing Prague, an émigrée returns to discover she no longer belongs.

3.81

28k+

🛫 Exile Literature 🤔 Philosophical Fiction 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe

IGNORANCE (L') by MILAN KUNDERA 85%

Twenty years after fleeing Prague, an émigrée returns to discover she no longer belongs.

by Milan Kundera 2000

3.81

28k+ ratings

🛫 Exile Literature 🤔 Philosophical Fiction 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe

Guitar Notes

by Mary Amato • 2012

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

4.04

6k+

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship

Guitar Notes 85%

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

by Mary Amato 2012

4.04

6k+ ratings

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship

Letters To A Young Poet

by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1929

A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.

4.27

125k+

🎓 Creative Mentorship 🏔️ Solitude And Creativity 🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty

Letters To A Young Poet 85%

A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.

by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929

4.27

125k+ ratings

🎓 Creative Mentorship 🏔️ Solitude And Creativity 🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty

Another Day

by David Levithan • 2015

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

3.58

27k+

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

Another Day 85%

She fell for her boyfriend on the one day someone else was living his life.

by David Levithan 2015

3.58

27k+ ratings

🫂 Impossible Romance 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

Stoner

by John Williams • 1965

William Stoner turns from the soil to the sonnet, and a quiet, unremarkable life begins.

4.36

260k+

📚 Campus Novel 🖋️ Quiet Life Portrait 💔 Unhappy Marriage

Stoner 85%

William Stoner turns from the soil to the sonnet, and a quiet, unremarkable life begins.

by John Williams 1965

4.36

260k+ ratings

📚 Campus Novel 🖋️ Quiet Life Portrait 💔 Unhappy Marriage

Poor People

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1846

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

3.77

40k+

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love

Poor People 85%

A penniless clerk's letters to his neighbor become his lifeline, until a wealthy suitor proposes.

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846

3.77

40k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary ⚖️ Social Critique 💔 Unrequited Love

Crow Lake

by Mary Lawson • 2003

Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.

4.02

29k+

🏞️ Rural Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings 🖤 Generational Trauma

Crow Lake 85%

Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.

by Mary Lawson 2003

4.02

29k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings 🖤 Generational Trauma

Delirious

by Damien Wilkins • 2024

Thirty years on, their son's killer wants to meet. Mary and Pete are leaving his home.

3.83

885

😔 Grieving Parents 👴 Aging Couple 🏘️ Retirement Community

Delirious 85%

Thirty years on, their son's killer wants to meet. Mary and Pete are leaving his home.

by Damien Wilkins 2024

3.83

885 ratings

😔 Grieving Parents 👴 Aging Couple 🏘️ Retirement Community

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham • 1915

A clubfoot medical student in Edwardian London destroys his life for a waitress who feels nothing.

4.16

62k+

🔥 Obsessive Love 📖 Classic Bildungsroman 💔 Toxic Relationship

Of Human Bondage 85%

A clubfoot medical student in Edwardian London destroys his life for a waitress who feels nothing.

by W. Somerset Maugham 1915

4.16

62k+ ratings

🔥 Obsessive Love 📖 Classic Bildungsroman 💔 Toxic Relationship

This Is All

by Aidan Chambers • 2005

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

4.31

2k+

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love

This Is All 85%

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

by Aidan Chambers 2005

4.31

2k+ ratings

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love

Oblomov

by Ivan Goncharov • 1859

A St. Petersburg nobleman cannot leave his bed, though love, friendship, and ruin demand he rise.

4.14

43k+

🏛️ Russian Realism 🛏️ Arrested Development 💔 Doomed Romance

Oblomov 85%

A St. Petersburg nobleman cannot leave his bed, though love, friendship, and ruin demand he rise.

by Ivan Goncharov 1859

4.14

43k+ ratings

🏛️ Russian Realism 🛏️ Arrested Development 💔 Doomed Romance

Mudflowers

by Aley Waterman • 2023

Lonely in Toronto, Sophie falls for a poet while her oldest friend still shares her bed.

3.42

421

🏠 Chosen Family 💫 Queer Desire 🎨 Artist'S Journey

Mudflowers 85%

Lonely in Toronto, Sophie falls for a poet while her oldest friend still shares her bed.

by Aley Waterman 2023

3.42

421 ratings

🏠 Chosen Family 💫 Queer Desire 🎨 Artist'S Journey

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