The Lives We Almost Lived

'The Lives We Almost Lived is a contemporary, character-driven novel about the private cost of choosing obligation over desire. When a high-achieving woman in her forties is forced to confront the man-and the life-she gave up to family and religious expectations, her reckoning exposes a wider circle of quiet rebellions: a teacher who rejects traditional markers of success, a wife awakening to the limits of obedience, and a single father redefining love and responsibility on his own terms. Set against the pressures of culture, ambition, and faith, the novel explores the hidden lives people lead behind polished exteriors and asks a universal question with book-club appeal: who might we have become if we had chosen differently?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing
Published: 06/09/2026
ISBN: 9789377526047
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d