{"product_id":"a-heart-with-no-ceiling-simphiwe-ngulela-9798259313316","title":"A Heart With No Ceiling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfrican women's fiction about love, loss, and an unconventional relationship. A story of grief, healing, and the bond between two women connected by one man.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat do you do with a grief no one has a word for?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Ethan dies, he leaves behind two women who loved him and each other's lives, whether they're ready for that or not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Heart With No Ceiling, Volume One: The Weight of Two is the first chapter of an unforgettable story about a love built outside the rules, and what remains when the person at the center of it is gone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor seven years, Naledi, Ethan, and Siya made it work. No labels. No blueprint. Just a life, carefully built shared routines, quiet Sundays, a home that held all three of them. It wasn't perfect. It was theirs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen Ethan is buried in Soweto, and Naledi is left standing at the grave next to the only other person who understands what's been lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is where the story begins.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving between the raw days after the funeral and the years that led there, Volume One traces how their love was built choice by choice, moment by moment and asks a question that lingers long after the last page: can love survive without the person who held it together? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a story that explains itself or asks for your approval. It's intimate, emotionally precise, and refuses to look away from the complicated truth of loving someone in a way the world doesn't have language for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume Two will move forward. Volume One stays with the weight.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you've ever lost something that didn't have a name, this book was written for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of African fiction, unconventional love stories, women's relationship drama, and grief and healing narratives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simphiwe Ngulela\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798259313316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Simphiwe Ngulela","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173005074687,"sku":"9798259313316","price":12.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-heart-with-no-ceiling-simphiwe-ngulela-9798259313316","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}