{"product_id":"the-things-we-dont-say-paperback-2","title":"The Things We Don't Say - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmara Lumen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Things We Don't Say\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*A Dream-Life Novel by Amara Lumen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt four years old, Amara survives the road between Jakarta and Bandung, only to wake in a bright hospital room to a world rewritten by absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she wakes from a two-week coma, the only face still there is her sister's...eighteen years old, suddenly a guardian, and the last fragile thread of home. Terrified that a single sound might make that thread snap, Amara chooses silence. Not because she cannot speak, but because she believes that if she stays silent, the last person she loves will stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen relatives arrange asylum in Sweden, the sisters arrive in a country of snow, order, and watchful quiet...where kindness is real, but unfamiliar, and where Amara's silence makes her both a mystery and a target. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Luleå, she learns to live without speaking, building a life through small, defiant acts of return: notebooks filled with words, languages learned in stillness. Then two children at school, Ulrika and Tobias, choose them. Their parents follow. What begins as a simple invitation to fika becomes a lifeline: warm kitchens, cinnamon buns, steady hands, and \"bonus parents\" who show up without demanding explanations. Slowly, the circle widens. The fear loosens. And one day, in a kitchen warm enough to trust, Amara speaks again...one word at a time, learning that love can stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning childhood to adulthood, and carrying Amara toward medicine, friendship, and a life built on chosen family, \u003cem\u003eThe Things We Don't Say\u003c\/em\u003e is not a story of tragedy alone...it is a story of return: into language, into belonging, and into the brave, ordinary miracle of being held.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel is a tribute to everyone who has survived in silence...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand to every person who helped them find their way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53521787650355,"sku":"9789199092218","price":23.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6Rpyg-oa99789199092218.webp?v=1781958066","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-things-we-dont-say-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}