{"product_id":"the-woman-on-the-platform-paulo-reyes-9798197941008","title":"The woman on the platform","description":"For years, Penelope Salvatierra has returned to the platform of Santa Emilia with the same quiet hope: to see Mateo again, the young man who once promised he would come back for her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt first, waiting was a form of love. Then it became a habit. Then a wound. And finally, almost without her noticing, it became a life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut time does not only change those who leave. It also changes those who stay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Mateo returns nearly four decades later, Penelope discovers that the man standing before her is no longer the boy she loved. And she is no longer the young woman who promised to wait. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween old letters, empty stations, delayed trains, and a lifetime shaped by a single promise, Penelope must face a truth as painful as it is liberating: some stories do not end when someone leaves, but when they finally return and we realize there is no one left waiting for them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Woman on the Platform is a tender, luminous, deeply human novel about love, memory, time, and the quiet courage it takes to choose oneself before it is too late. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA story for anyone who has ever waited for an answer, an apology, a call, or a return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd for anyone who still needs to remember that leaving can also be a form of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paulo Reyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798197941008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Paulo Reyes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801550926079,"sku":"9798197941008","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-woman-on-the-platform-paulo-reyes-9798197941008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}