The Weight of Small Choices (eBook)

A Single Act of Violence

Bright Mills (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
103 Seiten
via tolino media (Verlag)
9783819430572 (ISBN)

Infos

In a rapidly changing New York City, four seemingly unconnected lives intertwine over the course of one year, revealing the profound impact of small choices and quiet struggles. Mira, an overworked public defender, is losing faith in a justice system that never seems to favor those she represents. Daniel, a former journalist turned food delivery driver, documents the hidden lives of gig workers while reckoning with his own failed ambitions. Sienna, a first-generation college student, grapples with the weight of her immigrant family's expectations as she navigates an elite academic world that was never designed for her. And Vincent, a retired professor estranged from his family, seeks connection in a world that no longer seems to have a place for him.

As their lives unexpectedly converge through a single act of violence on a subway platform, they are forced to confront the consequences of their choices, the failures of the institutions they once trusted, and the possibility of redemption in an unforgiving world.


Mira sat in the fluorescent-lit courtroom, her client’s hands shackled before him, his fate already decided before the judge even spoke. She had once believed in the system had believed that effort, persistence, and an airtight argument could tilt the scales toward justice. But the weight of lost cases, of weary mothers clutching court-appointed papers, of young men who entered these halls as statistics and left as convictions, pressed against her like a stone she could no longer push uphill.

Across the city, Daniel pedaled through rain-slicked streets, his insulated food bag bouncing against his back. His phone buzzed with another late-night order, another faceless name on an app that measured his worth in five-star reviews and efficiency ratings. He had once told stories for a living now, he ferried cold meals to apartments with doormen who never looked him in the eye.

Sienna sat in a seminar room lined with old books, her professor’s voice a distant hum as she calculated how many she could work that week without falling behind in her readings. It was not enough to be brilliant here—she had to be exceptional, unbreakable. But the exhaustion gnawed at her, whispered to her that she was an outsider, a guest in a world where she had no claim to permanence.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.8.2025
• Verlagsort: München
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: Detektiv • Krimi • Spannung • Thriller
• ISBN-13: 9783819430572 / 9783819430572