Literary Fiction · 2023
The Quiet Becoming
A Novel
A deeply moving story about a woman who discovers that the life she thought she'd lost was only the beginning of the one she was meant to live. Raw, honest, and full of grace.
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Literary Fiction · 2023
The Quiet Becoming
A Novel
A deeply moving story about a woman who discovers that the life she thought she'd lost was only the beginning of the one she was meant to live. Raw, honest, and full of grace.
Set against the backdrop of a small mountain town, The Quiet Becoming follows Eleanor as she navigates grief, reinvention, and the surprising tenderness of second chances. Carla Rae writes with the kind of precision that makes you feel seen.
I write for the woman who is somewhere in the middle — not who she was, not yet who she'll be.
— Carla Rae
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