The Echo And The Voice

di Joseph Ball (Autore)

Chronos Publishing, 2026

Alexander's world has fractured. The stability he once relied on is gone, replaced by a home that feels more like a battlefield with every passing day. Mentally drained and physically worn down, he enters his teenage years with one clear goal: to survive long enough to escape. Forced to build his own sense of safety long before any child should have to, Alex begins to find unexpected moments of kindness and connection in the world beyond his front door. Slowly, the balance of power at home begins to shift, and for the first time he glimpses what life might look like on the other side of fear. But survival comes at a cost. Caught between the compassion his mother instilled in him and the harsh, outdated expectations of a father driven by control and violence, Alex is forced into a decision no teenager should have to make: who is he willing to become in order to get out? The Echo and The Voice continues Alex's story as childhood gives way to adolescence and the rules of survival change with him. It is a raw and unflinching coming-of-age story about resilience, identity, and the quiet, daily courage it takes to hold onto yourself when everything around you is trying to shape you into something else. A story about the echoes we inherit, the voices we silence, and the one we eventually choose to listen to. This is the second instalment in the Growing Pains series and follows directly from Book 1, Growing Pains.

• Autore: Joseph Ball
• Editore: Chronos Publishing
• Collana: Growing Pains
• Anno: 2026
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Dimensioni: 203 x 127 mm
• EAN: 9781917377584

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