{"product_id":"the-waiting-room-amara-lumen-9789199156095","title":"The Waiting Room: A novel about waiting, loneliness, and the people who forgot how to stay.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Waiting Room\u003c\/em\u003e is a quiet, tender novel about uncertainty, loneliness, friendship, and the slow return to oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor six months, Mara has lived in suspension. She is waiting for an official decision, waiting for job replies, waiting for her future to begin again. Her small apartment has become a world of rituals: tea, inbox checks, tarot cards, a blue notebook, a kettle that never fails her, and a window overlooking a street that keeps moving while her own life feels paused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer best friend, Leni, keeps calling. From airports, hotels, cafés, and weekend trips, Leni fills Mara's silence with stories, complaints, dramas, and needs. At first, the calls feel like proof that Mara has not been forgotten. But slowly, Mara begins to understand that being needed is not the same as being known, and that loneliness can exist even in the presence of someone who never really arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the waiting stretches on, Mara begins to write the truths she cannot yet say aloud. With the help of a blue notebook, an elderly neighbour with terrible coffee, and a small judgmental dog named Otto, she starts to ask herself questions she has avoided for too long: What does it mean to be useful? What does friendship cost when only one person keeps making room? And how do you begin again before the answer arrives?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGentle, sharp, and quietly funny, \u003cem\u003eThe Waiting Room\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about the invisible seasons of life: the months when nothing seems to happen, but everything inside is changing. It is a story for anyone who has waited too long, loved too quietly, and finally learned that self-abandonment is not the price of being good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amara Lumen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9199156091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789199156095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amara Lumen Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Amara Lumen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49002067296511,"sku":"9789199156095","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-waiting-room-amara-lumen-9789199156095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}