Escaping the Marriage
Jobic Chakalisa
prolific fiction writer and author known for fast-paced thrillers and dramatic novels like Target: Tehran, North Korea's Secret Weapon, and A Dragon for a Debt. His works span multiple genres includin...
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Zoya has learned the careful language of her home: the hushed expectations, the gentle corrections that sting worse than anger, and the subtle ways her husband, Javed, molds their children’s perceptions. Every quiet moment, every small choice, is a negotiation in a marriage where love is intertwined with an insidious control. As her son, Hamza, echoes his father’s logic and her daughter, Sara, begins to apologize for merely existing, Zoya faces a devastating choice. Escaping the Marriage is a poignant and powerful novel about the quiet erosion of self within a family, the profound impact of unspoken dynamics on children, and one woman’s desperate fight to reclaim her voice. Will she find the strength to shatter the silence, even if it means disrupting the fragile peace for good?
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