The Life Beneath the Lives

You can imagine several different lives. Do you have to become all of them?

The Life Beneath the Lives explores the tension of wanting many things—and asking each possibility to tell you who you are.

Through the metaphor of branches, trunk, and roots, Anahita Emami reflects on changing identities, ambition, beauty, freedom, and the parts of ourselves that keep returning across different seasons.

A short, personal book about letting an idea remain an idea, choosing what receives your attention now, and feeling more at ease with the lives you could live.

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