El camino que no elegimos
A moving and intelligent novel about what happens when life pulls us down paths we never chose. An emotional greenhouse where every character reaches for the light, even when they no longer know which way to grow.
Juana has just turned fifty when her husband, Connor, leaves her after two decades of marriage—an announcement delivered on a spring morning, abrupt, simple, and devastating. From there, her story unfolds. As Juana struggles to make sense of what has happened, she is accompanied by her sharp, disenchanted friend Cécile, who—though wary of commitment—finds herself navigating her own emotional labyrinth with Marco, a former soldier turned policeman. Around them flicker intermittent loves, family secrets, and bodies that still long for connection. Meanwhile, Lieke, a young researcher who has left her country and her partner behind, begins a relationship with Connor, closing the circle of entanglements.
From their different perspectives, these three women must each find a way to inhabit loss and reinvent themselves without certainties.
In this intimate and luminous tale, the plants that grow, wither, or shift places bear silent witness to abandonment and desire. Yet each character continues to reach toward the light, searching for a crack in which to germinate again.
A powerful novel that pierces the reader’s heart with unexpected truths. Because no one chooses to be left behind, no one knows where the path will lead—but there is always the possibility of beginning anew.
