Description

“After the Burning is a psychological novel about generational trauma, institutional survival, and the quiet ways damage is passed down rather than openly inflicted. Instead of focusing on crisis, it follows the aftermath — when life continues even though something inside never fully cools.

Valeria grows up learning how to endure quietly, moving through foster homes and controlled spaces that mistake obedience for care. When Christopher enters her life, he doesn’t rescue her — he stays, forcing Valeria to confront what survival has cost her and what it might pass on.”