A Pleasant Fiction

<p><strong>2025 Readers' Favorite Book Award Winner (Fiction - Realistic) </strong></p><p><strong>Three Firebird International Book Awards (Most Likely to Make You Cry Best Risk-Taker Death & Dying)</strong></p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Grief changes everything. So does friendship.</strong></em></p><p> </p><p>His family just died. So why is Calvin obsessing over his dishwasher his pool and a thousand other mundane details?</p><p>If you've ever suffered catastrophic loss you already know - even if you don't realize that you do.</p><p>And if - or when - faith fails you where do you go?</p><p><em>A Pleasant Fiction</em> is a raw emotionally intimate novelistic memoir about love memory and the uneven terrain of grief - where meaning is elusive and closure never comes cleanly. Told in nonlinear fragments it balances emotional weight with moments of warmth dark humor and quiet insight.</p><p>Along the way one quiet truth emerges: <em><strong>Forgive them. And forgive yourself.</strong></em></p><p>The follow-up to <em>The Wake of Expectations</em> this book stands alone as a resonant meditation on what it means to lose - and what it takes to keep going.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Review Praise</strong></p><p>A raw and beautifully fractured exploration of grief. - KC Finn Indies Today</p><p>For those who have loved and lost it rings painfully and beautifully true. - Literary Titan</p><p>This book doesn't just make you feel - it makes you recalibrate. - The International Review of Books (IRB)</p><p>A poignant story about resilience family and the messy truths of grief. - Emily Omondi Reedsy Discovery</p><p>A raw and emotional exploration of familial loss sacrifice and unconditional love. - Doreen Chombu Readers' Favorite</p><p>A mesmerizing novel that powerfully illustrates how we carry fragments of our past. - Divine Zape Readers' Favorite</p><p>An evocative narrative exploring grief identity and the intricate web of memories that bind us. - Ruffina Oserio Readers' Favorite</p>