The Imagined Life

The Imagined Life – A Haunting, Elegiac Novel About Fathers, Memory, and Self-Discovery

📘 The Imagined Life is a powerful and emotionally resonant novel from an award-winning, internationally acclaimed author, exploring the mystery of a father's disappearance and a son's search for truth, identity, and reconciliation.

A Son's Search. A Father's Secrets. A Journey of Reckoning.

Steven Mills is at a breaking point—his marriage is unraveling, and his son is gone. Left with more questions than answers, he sets out on a journey along the California coast to uncover the fate of his father, a brilliant but disgraced professor who vanished in 1984.

As Steven reconnects with family, friends, and former colleagues, fragments of his idyllic yet complicated childhood come into focus—poolside parties, black-and-white films, and whispered secrets. But the deeper he digs, the less he recognizes the man he thought he knew—and the more he’s forced to confront the truths of his own life.

A Poignant Exploration of Family, Legacy, and the Past

The Imagined Life is a taut and lyrical literary novel about the mysteries that bind us, the complexities of father-son relationships, and the ways in which the past shapes who we become.

📖 Perfect for fans of introspective fiction and character-driven narratives, this is a story of memory, loss, and the enduring search for meaning and connection.