Before, After & In Between

Before, After & In Between brings together nine compelling stories about lives thrown off balance - by loneliness, family cruelty, institutional coldness, missed connection, or a single moment after which nothing is ever the same. Maurice A. S. Benfredj writes about quiet upheavals and invisible turning points, about shame, hope, powerlessness, and the fragile possibility of carrying on. At times tender, at times unsettling, and at times darkly humorous, these stories turn their gaze toward what shapes us before something happens, what remains after something breaks, and the spaces in between. A literary collection about the fault lines of human life - precise, moving, and quietly powerful.