{"product_id":"the-bench-in-the-hallway-rowan-ember-vale-9798246350768","title":"The Bench in the Hallway: Putting on the Armor","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen love is tested by illness, silence, and separation, faith becomes armor.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a story about the ugly truth-that sometimes the greatest love means enduring the greatest pain. Sometimes the testament of true love isn't filled with hearts and flowers. Sometimes it just means staying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the space between ICU doors and hospital hallways, I learned what it costs to keep a promise when the world decides you no longer belong in the room. I watched systems fail, boundaries collapse, and truth get rewritten in real time-while the man I loved fought for his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI do not write this from a place of judgment. I am far from a perfect person. I don't write this for praise. I write it so no one who has lived or lost this kind of love-whatever \"faith\" means to you-ever has to feel alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pain of reliving it in order to share it and reach others is nothing compared to the pain of silence. And if this story might reach deep down inside someone else, then it was worth telling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReader note: \u003c\/i\u003e If you'd like to share what this book stirred in you, you can write to me at: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRowanEmberVale@proton.me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowan Ember Vale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246350768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Rowan Ember Vale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997431574783,"sku":"9798246350768","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bench-in-the-hallway-rowan-ember-vale-9798246350768","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}