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In a world where silence is mistaken for strength, The Quiet War Inside follows the raw, intimate journey of Mara, a young woman burdened with the weight of being her family's sole provider. From the outside, she's the reliable one - stoic, selfless, and unbreakable. But behind closed doors, Mara is unraveling.
Told through a series of deeply personal journal entries, the novel reveals the hidden emotional cost of holding everything together while slowly falling apart. As days blur into nights, Mara finds herself trapped in a cycle of survival - working, giving, enduring - with no room left for her own voice, her own pain.
But something begins to shift. A quiet rebellion brews within her - not of anger, but of honesty. Piece by piece, Mara starts to examine the truth she's long buried: her exhaustion, her fears, her forgotten dreams. And in doing so, she begins the slow, painful, and ultimately redemptive journey toward healing.
The Buds of a Flower is a powerful meditation on the quiet suffering many carry, the toll of emotional silence, and the courage it takes to be honest - even if only with yourself.