{"product_id":"waiting-to-break-paperback","title":"Waiting To Break - 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\u003eRuth Madison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe accident took his voice, but she heard him anyway.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer rockstar Gabe Whitlock has been hidden away in a long-term care facility ever since an on-stage accident stole his music, his movement, and even his voice. No one's thought about him in years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Lin is still raw from losing her mother and battling the panic attacks that derailed her college career. Living with her father again feels like a step backward-until he gets her a job as the activities coordinator at Rosehaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she doesn't expect is to find Gabe Whitlock, former frontman and guitarist of \u003cem\u003ePressure Front\u003c\/em\u003e, quietly wasting away in a nursing home in Western Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn together by music and art, Anna and Gabe forge an unlikely bond. But when Gabe's sister schemes to seize control of his estate, Anna and a ragtag band of residents push back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir defiance threatens to cost Anna the fragile new life she's building-and Gabe the last shreds of independence he has left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWaiting to Break is an emotionally powerful, deeply romantic journey \u003c\/strong\u003eabout finding your voice after losing everything, the dignity of choosing who you love, and the courage it takes to find your own path in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor fans of soulful, emotionally charged romance novels and authors like Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and Nicholas Sparks.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book features the \u003cstrong\u003efound family trope\u003c\/strong\u003e with lots of fun side characters helping our main characters get to their HEA, a very \u003cstrong\u003eslow burn, later-in-life, age gap\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003erelationship\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are themes of \u003cstrong\u003ehealing from loss \u003c\/strong\u003eof a parent and spouse, as well as explorations of what love, hope, desire, and independence look like at the end of life. \u003cp\u003eIt has an \u003cstrong\u003eincomplete quadriplegic\u003c\/strong\u003e hero with a severe form of TBI who uses a power wheelchair and an AAC speaking device. It has a heroine with an \u003cstrong\u003eanxiety disorder\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Club Discussion Guide available at RuthMadisonBooks.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent Includes: \u003c\/strong\u003e institutional neglect, medical trauma, grief, panic attacks\/anxiety, power dynamics in caregiving, public debate about \"right to die,\" false accusations, elder death, loss of a parent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpice Level\u003c\/strong\u003e is a few scenes of open-door intimacy.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53878659121459,"sku":"9798990685932","price":32.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/FddOWnfbH39798990685932.webp?v=1787199892","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/waiting-to-break-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}