Helena Fox

Miri was whole, once. She had a best friend, once. She knew who she was - or she thought she did. But now she is a million lonely molecules, flying through the air to a new life on the other side of the world. Rome is light and loud and cobblestones and gelaterias and ancient buildings next to modern ones....

The Quiet and the Loud explores the contours of friendship, family, forgiveness, trauma, and love, delving into the stories we suppress and those we voice. It reveals the healing that comes when we finally give words to what we have kept silent for so long. George's life is loud. Yet, on the water, surrounded by quietness above and below, she...