{"product_id":"stepping-out-of-the-silence","title":"Stepping Out Of The Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe has built his life around silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has filled hers with noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither is prepared for what happens when their two worlds collide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElliot Van Doren has spent two years keeping the world at arm’s length.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince losing his parents, he has built a carefully controlled life around work, routine and solitude. His flat is quiet. His days are predictable. His emotions remain safely behind a locked door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Val Newman moves in across the hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBright, sociable and impulsive, Val is everything Elliot isn’t. Her laughter, parties and endless stream of friends drive him to distraction. But beneath the sequins and noise is a woman quietly struggling with rejection, uncertainty and the growing fear that the life she once dreamed of may never happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey irritate each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey challenge each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd slowly, unexpectedly, they begin to see what lies beneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Val starts questioning the life she has been chasing and Elliot is forced to confront the grief he has spent years avoiding, an unlikely friendship begins to change them both. For the first time, Elliot begins to wonder whether a life lived safely is really a life at all. And Val must decide whether she is brave enough to stop performing the person everyone expects her to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut healing is not simple. Neither of them can move forward without facing the things they have spent so long running from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes the person who disrupts your carefully ordered life is the person who shows you how to live it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStepping Out Of The Silence is a heartfelt, slow-burn story of grief, healing, friendship and unexpected love. A story about two people learning that letting someone in can be terrifying, transformative, and sometimes the beginning of finding your way back to yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independent Publishing Network","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67817883042096,"sku":"9781806455966","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781806455966.jpg?v=1789832950","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/stepping-out-of-the-silence","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}