The Object Kindle Edition

A father. A failing marriage. A field where the truth finally has room to breathe.Daniel Harper has built his life on quiet survival. By day, he is the steady coach of a youth soccer team—patient, observant, and devoted to teaching children how to move through a world that often hits harder than it should. On the field, things make sense: there are lines, boundaries, rules. You breathe. You think. You play clean over fast.At home, nothing is clean.His marriage has hardened into a living audit—every step observed, every mistake logged, every breath potentially weaponized. His wife’s rules multiply without warning; her disapproval arrives like weather he can’t predict. To stay sane, Daniel keeps private ledgers hidden behind tea tins and in the quiet folds of his routines—records of the house’s moods, the children’s needs, and the fragile threads of dignity he refuses to let go of.His two children, Sophie and Caleb, become his compass points: Sophie with her bright, searching questions, and Caleb with his fierce belief that mixed numbers are “a scam.” They anchor him. They keep him in the world.And then there’s Claire—another parent on the sidelines whose letters, quiet recognitions, and shared language begin as simple human kindness but evolve into something Daniel can’t name without breaking the rules that keep his life standing. Not an affair. Not yet. But an opening—proof that connection doesn’t always have to hurt.As pressures at home escalate and Daniel’s private notebooks grow heavier, the question becomes unavoidable: How much of himself can he keep without losing the people he loves?Set against the rhythms of drills, chalk lines, and the sacred geometry of a soccer field, THE OBJECT is an intimate portrait of a man navigating emotional abuse with quiet resilience. The novel explores:The psychology of control and domestic erasureFatherhood as a daily act of courageThe difference between surviving and livingHow small mercies can become a lifelineAnd how a single, honest sentence—“Where are we?” “Here.”—can hold a life togetherTold in immersive, lyrical prose and woven with visceral emotional detail, THE OBJECT is a story about endurance, selfhood, and the dangerous tenderness of wanting more. It is a novel for readers who love character-driven fiction, internal battles, and the quiet revolutions that happen when someone decides—finally—to come back to themselves. Read more