The Priority Seat

di Oakes Morrow (Autore)

Oakes Morrow, 2026

Some promises are made to be kept. Others are made to be broken—and the distance between them is where a life quietly unravels. She spent years building a life far from home, chasing ambition across foreign cities and learning to stand alone in rooms full of strangers. On her final night abroad, a message arrives from the one person she never learned to forget: a simple vow to be there when she lands. No reply. No confirmation. Just the quiet, dangerous hope she has spent years trying to bury. But the returning daughter steps off the plane into a crowd of unfamiliar faces, and the arrival hall holds no one waiting for her. Two heavy suitcases. A taxi driver's friendly offer. A polite smile that hides the slow, cold realization settling in her chest—that the person who promised to come simply didn't. What follows is not a grand betrayal, but something far more devastating: the ordinary silence of being forgotten by someone who once mattered more than anything. Spanning two worlds and a lifetime of choices, the woman who came home must confront the gulf between the love she left behind and the person she has become. The one who stayed carries secrets of his own—reasons buried beneath pride, timing, and the quiet cowardice of good intentions. As old wounds surface and new truths demand to be faced, she must decide whether to keep waiting for a seat that may never be offered, or finally claim a place of her own. A luminous, deeply human story about the promises we make, the people we become, and the courage it takes to stop waiting—and start living.

• Autore: Oakes Morrow
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Oakes Morrow
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235084391