- Softcover
- New
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United KingdomCitiRetail
AbeBooks seller since June 29, 2022
Condition: New
£ 20.49
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Paperback. A Happy Ending is a quiet, atmospheric story about two people who once loved each other deeply and then slowly drifted apart. Aria and Nara never broke in a single moment-no dramatic fight, no final door slammed shut. Instead, their separation grew in the spaces between ordinary days: a missed glance, a swallowed sentence, the silence that lingered a little too long. By the time they realized how far they had fallen out of step, it was already too late to return.After the breakup, Aria tries to rebuild her life in the softest way she knows how-through routine, through work, through quiet mornings that feel a little heavier than before. She sketches, she serves coffee, she walks past the places they once shared, pretending she isn't waiting for something she can't name. Memories arrive not as flashbacks, but as echoes woven into the everyday: the way light hits her window, the hum of a late-night bus, the empty seat across from her that still pulls her gaze.Nara, on the other hand, clings to order. He convinces himself that distance is the kinder choice, that Aria deserves something lighter than his shadows. He moves through his days with precision-work, home, sleep-trying to silence the thoughts he never dared to voice. Yet even as he pushes forward, he finds himself caught by the smallest reminders: the reflection of someone in a train window, the shape of a message he'll never send, the ache of words he kept too carefully inside.This is not a story of grand gestures. It is a story of the fragile spaces between two hearts, of unsaid apologies and unfinished sentences, of the way love lingers even after it changes its shape. With intimate third-person narration and soft, melancholic prose, A Happy Ending explores the quiet ache of letting go and the strange comfort of remembering who you were with someone you once loved.It is a novel about moving on without forgetting, about the bittersweet tenderness of what could have been, and the small courage it takes to continue living in the aftermath of almost. It does not promise perfect closure. Instead, it offers something more honest: the simple, human truth that not all love stories end where we hope they will, but they still leave us with something worth carrying.In the silence, in the distance, in the gentle unfolding of separate lives-Aria and Nara find their own kind of ending. Not happy in the traditional sense, but quietly, painfully, beautifully real. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
Seller Inventory # 9798232919733
- Title
- A Happy Ending (Paperback)
- Author
- Kris Sandy
- Publisher
- Rui
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798232919733
A Happy Ending is a quiet, atmospheric story about two people who once loved each other deeply and then slowly drifted apart. Aria and Nara never broke in a single moment-no dramatic fight, no final door slammed shut. Instead, their separation grew in the spaces between ordinary days: a missed glance, a swallowed sentence, the silence that lingered a little too long. By the time they realized how far they had fallen out of step, it was already too late to return.
After the breakup, Aria tries to rebuild her life in the softest way she knows how-through routine, through work, through quiet mornings that feel a little heavier than before. She sketches, she serves coffee, she walks past the places they once shared, pretending she isn't waiting for something she can't name. Memories arrive not as flashbacks, but as echoes woven into the everyday: the way light hits her window, the hum of a late-night bus, the empty seat across from her that still pulls her gaze.
Nara, on the other hand, clings to order. He convinces himself that distance is the kinder choice, that Aria deserves something lighter than his shadows. He moves through his days with precision-work, home, sleep-trying to silence the thoughts he never dared to voice. Yet even as he pushes forward, he finds himself caught by the smallest reminders: the reflection of someone in a train window, the shape of a message he'll never send, the ache of words he kept too carefully inside.
This is not a story of grand gestures. It is a story of the fragile spaces between two hearts, of unsaid apologies and unfinished sentences, of the way love lingers even after it changes its shape. With intimate third-person narration and soft, melancholic prose, A Happy Ending explores the quiet ache of letting go and the strange comfort of remembering who you were with someone you once loved.
It is a novel about moving on without forgetting, about the bittersweet tenderness of what could have been, and the small courage it takes to continue living in the aftermath of almost. It does not promise perfect closure. Instead, it offers something more honest: the simple, human truth that not all love stories end where we hope they will, but they still leave us with something worth carrying.
In the silence, in the distance, in the gentle unfolding of separate lives-Aria and Nara find their own kind of ending. Not happy in the traditional sense, but quietly, painfully, beautifully real.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
CitiRetail
Stevenage, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since June 29, 2022
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 7 to 14 business days | 7 to 60 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 37.00 | £ 37.00 |
Payment methods
Store description
Online business
Seller's business information
ABC BOOKS LIMITED
10 John Street
London, United Kingdom WC1N 2EB
Terms of sale
Orders can be returned within 30 days of receipt.
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Please note that titles are dispatched from our US, Canadian or Australian warehouses. Delivery times specified in shipping terms. Orders ship within 2 business days. Delivery to your door then takes 7-14 days.