Life Happens · Book 1
Love Lives Here
A home, a business, a family, and a future that looks settled from the outside. But what happens when the life you've carefully built no longer feels like your own?
Nadi Petrova · Contemporary fiction with autobiographical elements
About the book
In Love Lives Here, a woman who has spent years being strong for everyone else has to ask a question that can no longer be postponed: what does she actually want? Marriage, motherhood, work, disappointment and hope all belong to her story.
This is the opening volume of Nadi Petrova's Life Happens trilogy: contemporary fiction with autobiographical elements and a conversational, gently ironic voice. The novel explores how love and identity can change without pretending there is an easy formula for beginning again.
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Open Book Club KitQuestions readers ask
Do I need to read another book first?
No. This is Book One of the Life Happens trilogy.
Is it a memoir or a novel?
It is presented as an autobiographically inspired novel; it blends personal experience with literary storytelling.
Can I read it before buying?
Yes. Three opening chapters are available to read free on this website.
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Notes on writing, editing, translation and starting over.
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