Elephants in the Room

<p><b><em>Fourteen jewel-like stories unveil the tender chaos of lives unlived and loves unspoken</em></b></p><p>In <em>Elephants in the Room</em> Betty Jane Hegerat masterfully uncovers the quiet fractures of ordinary lives-the unspoken regrets the buried griefs and the fragile threads of connection that bind families across generations.</p><p>From a devoted son's frantic dash to help his mother glimpse the Queen to a reluctant father's stunned reunion with the daughter he never knew from a woman dressing her mother-in-law for an eternal restbto a boy's guilty reckoning with a bully's untimely death these unforgettable stories illuminate the elephants in our lives we ignore at our peril.</p><p>With tender wit and unflinching insight Hegerat explores the weight of what we leave unsaid: the ache of lost chances the solace of small mercies and the stubborn grit that carries us through. As poignant as a stolen glance as resonant as a half-forgotten lullaby the stories in Elephants in the Room whisper the unvarnished secrets of family ties-where regrets loom large and small acts of grace light the way home.</p>