These walls I built, this heart I still hide

di Malcolm Pierce (Autore)

epubli, 2026

A life well lived, and yet the heart remains behind careful doors. You know yourself, your patterns, your needs. But letting someone truly in, after decades of self-sufficiency, feels like a risk you are not sure you can take. This is the paradox of the late bloomer: wise enough to know what you want, practiced enough to keep it hidden. This book does not push you to tear down the walls. It examines them with curiosity. Where did they come from? What did they protect? And what might happen if you left a small window open, just for a while? It speaks to the exhaustion of being your own everything, and the quiet longing for someone to share the weight. It acknowledges the specific fears of starting later: the fear of being too set in your ways, the fear of repeating past mistakes, the fear that your life is too full or too quiet for another person. It offers no guarantees, only a gentle exploration of what it means to risk being seen, fully, at this stage of life. The careful distance you keep is not a failure. It is a sign of how much you already know about loss. But perhaps knowing loss also means knowing what is worth the risk.

• Autore: Malcolm Pierce
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: epubli
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9783565547562