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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is a deeply emotional and intense novel that explores friendship, trauma, love, and the long-lasting effects of abuse. The story follows four friends—Jude, Willem, JB, and Malcolm—as they move to New York City after college, chasing careers and dreams. While the novel touches on all their lives, it primarily centers on Jude St. Francis, a brilliant but deeply damaged man with a painful past he tries desperately to hide.
The novel traces decades of the friends’ lives, focusing on Jude’s struggles with severe physical and emotional trauma from childhood abuse. As his friends grow and succeed, Jude battles self-worth, pain, and the belief that he is undeserving of love. A Little Life is a heartbreaking story about endurance, friendship, and whether love can truly heal deep wounds.
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