P. A. Farrell

Some days leave a mark you can't explain. A paper dragon left on a waiting room table. A stranger who stays until your mother arrives. A car that meant more than anyone knew. A conversation that never gets said out loud. For All We Know is a collection of twenty-one short stories that find the extraordinary hiding inside ordinary moments. These aren't stories about heroes. They're about regular people on regular days when something shifts and nothing is quite the same afterward. A woman waits alone for news about her eyesight and discovers someone turned their fear into something beautiful.
A young girl in a college town steps into a situation no one prepared her for. An elderly man at a card game holds a secret that the room already knows. A stranger helps a sick girl on a subway platform and asks for nothing in return. P. A. Farrell writes with the kind of quiet precision that makes you feel like you were there. Her characters don't make speeches. They don't explain themselves. They just live their moments on the page, and somehow that's enough to take your breath away. This is the perfect book for a lazy afternoon, a long beach day, or anywhere you want to be moved without being overwhelmed.
Short enough to pick up and put down. Deep enough to stay with you. If you've ever felt seen by a stranger, or carried a loss you couldn't quite name, or noticed something small that turned out to mean everything, this book was written for you. Perfect for beach reading. Perfect for anyone who loves stories that are real, human, and honest.