{"product_id":"i-cant-sleep-tonight-alex-marmalade-9798297446748","title":"I Can't Sleep Tonight: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere are nights when sleep becomes impossible-not because of noise or heat, but because truth demands to be acknowledged.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of five Extended stories, ordinary people discover that staying awake becomes an act of courage, protection, or love. From an Irish kitchen where thirty years of family secrets finally find their voice during a scorching wake, to a government facility where one man's pharmaceutical-induced drowsiness becomes humanity's last defense against those who would steal our first contact with alien intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese stories explore: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA widow who can't sleep until she tells the truth about her abusive marriage \u003ci\u003e(Forty-Seven Cobwebs)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA biblical princess discovering her brother's fate in the desert heat \u003ci\u003e(In Search of Absalom)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoung Elizabeth learning the sleepless responsibility of future leadership \u003ci\u003e(Eighteen Summers)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA retired analyst fighting medication to protect extraterrestrial communications \u003ci\u003e(Stay Awake)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA jazz musician whose daughter's dreams are \"too big for her head\" \u003ci\u003e(I Can't Sleep Tonight)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtended from their original forms on Reedsy.com\u003c\/b\u003e, these stories contain the complete emotional landscapes their characters demanded to inhabit-the conversations that happened in the margins, the moments of discovery that emerged during the creative process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome nights, we can't sleep because our dreams are too big for our heads. Some nights, because our secrets are too heavy for our hearts. And some nights, because someone we love needs us to stay awake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor readers who appreciate literary fiction that finds the extraordinary in ordinary insomnia, who understand that the most important conversations often happen in the darkest hours.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Marmalade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798297446748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d","brand":"Alex Marmalade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170052382975,"sku":"9798297446748","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-cant-sleep-tonight-alex-marmalade-9798297446748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}