{"product_id":"threads-of-purpose-douglas-bell-9798998582509","title":"Threads of Purpose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThreads of Purpose: A Novel of Justice, Awakening, and Second Chances\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsher Tidwell, a gifted medical resident in Houston, sees his future unravel after a chain of unintended decisions leads to a capital murder charge. Thrust into an American justice system shaped as much by punishment as by principle, he is forced to confront not only the consequences of his actions, but the cultural assumptions he once held about success, failure, and who deserves redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile awaiting trial, Asher turns inward-discovering meditation and Buddhist philosophy as a way to make sense of a life stripped of certainty. In the stillness, he begins to question the values he once accepted without thought: achievement at all costs, identity defined by status, and a system that often leaves little room for grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unexpected and deeply romantic connection forms with his lawyer, a woman twenty years his senior, drawing him into a space of vulnerability and emotional truth he has long avoided.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet as his world narrows, another truth emerges: a long-buried calling to become a fashion designer. Faced with the weight of his circumstances, Asher must ask whether purpose can still be reclaimed-or whether some paths, once lost, are gone forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThreads of Purpose\u003c\/em\u003e is a contemplative literary novel exploring justice, identity, spirituality, and the fragile possibility of beginning again-while quietly questioning the cultural forces that shape who we are allowed to become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy I Wrote \u003cem\u003eThreads of Purpose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wrote \u003cem\u003eThreads of Purpose\u003c\/em\u003e because I've come to understand something simple, yet easy to ignore: tomorrow is not promised. Too often, we move through life assuming there will always be more time-to change, to grow, to become who we're meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut life doesn't always wait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe choices we make-especially the ones made under pressure, fear, or distraction-carry consequences we don't always see coming. Those unintended consequences can quietly shape our path, sometimes delaying us from stepping into our true purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Asher's journey, I wanted to explore what happens when everything falls apart-and whether that collapse might actually be the beginning of something deeper. His story is about reckoning, stillness, and the difficult but necessary work of looking inward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeditation and Buddhist wisdom taught me that clarity doesn't come from controlling life-it comes from sitting with it. From being still long enough to see what is true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel is my way of inviting readers to pause, reflect, and ask themselves: \u003cstrong\u003eAm I living the life I was meant to live-or am I postponing it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause purpose isn't something we find someday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's something we choose-right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798998582509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bumbershoot Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndieReader\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/10\/2026","brand":"Douglas Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48853042888959,"sku":"9798998582509","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/threads-of-purpose-douglas-bell-9798998582509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}