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Some roles we inherit. Others we build to survive.
We rarely notice which is which.
Alex Pharos writes psychological fiction rooted in the quiet. The silences between family members. The roles that form before we understand we are playing them. The habits we carry without knowing where they came from — or what they cost.
About the Author"Maybe it's the story I needed, rather than the one that's true." — The Big Light
"Did you ever like him? Actually like him. Not just think he was good for me." — Let Them Choose
"You've been on the same page for a while." — Three Books
Three stories about the roles we learned too early.
A therapist who processes her patients' grief more fluently than her own. A mother who held every door open for her children — and never noticed she had stepped out of the room herself. A man who arrived with three books and couldn't read a single page.
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For the past few years, Alex has been building something longer — two cycles of novels exploring blindness, perception, and the quiet damage we carry without examining it.
Both are currently finding their way into the world.