{"product_id":"silence-is-closer-matthew-ansbro-9798183878325","title":"Silence is Closer: A Pacific Northwest Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen lawyers offer Caleb Wright fifty thousand dollars for recordings he made with his dead mentor, he has one answer: no.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recordings exist. The offer is real. Caleb understands what signing means - and he refuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilence Is Closer\u003c\/i\u003e follows Caleb, a veteran bartender living with PTSD and nerve damage on the coast of Port Townsend, Washington. His service dog Bender keeps him regulated. His mentor Sully is dead. And a legal team keeps showing up with new numbers, new arguments, and new pressure - certain that everyone has a price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaleb doesn't run. He doesn't explain. He stays, works his shifts, walks the water, and holds the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a redemption story. It is a story about what it costs to refuse - and what it means to remain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor readers of Denis Johnson, Peter Heller, Willy Vlautin, and Kent Haruf.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Ansbro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183878325\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\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Matthew Ansbro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173890695423,"sku":"9798183878325","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3b9b513-de98-4db2-a86c-6df50682174d.jpg?v=1788956856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silence-is-closer-matthew-ansbro-9798183878325","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}