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A Little Life

10 min read 13 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

A novel about four friends over three decades, centered on Jude St. Francis—a brilliant lawyer carrying a devastating past—and the limits of love and friendship in the face of unhealable trauma.

You’ll learn

  • Love cannot always heal deep wounds
  • Trauma lives in the body and mind
  • Friendship has limits in saving others
  • Suffering can coexist with success