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A Life, Dealt

by Jordon Lattany , Starr Boswell
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798241006578
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 114
  • Original Price: GBP 7.46
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 164 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Coming of Age

Life, Dealt is a semi-fictional coming-of-age novel about fate, responsibility, and the quiet strength it takes to choose yourself when life doesn't give you choices.

Told through the lens of tarot cards, the story follows Aaliyah, a driven, introspective Black girl whose life is reshaped by circumstances beyond her control. Each chapter is marked by a card - moments she doesn't choose, but must learn how to live through. When her mother suffers a sudden cardiac arrest, Aaliyah is forced into a role far beyond her years: caregiver, anchor, survivor. As instability piles on - eviction, grief, isolation, academic pressure - she learns that endurance alone is not enough. She must decide who she becomes in the process.

While the cards seem to predict loss, fear, and responsibility, Aaliyah refuses to let them define her future. She locks in on her goals, graduates early, rebuilds her relationship with art, navigates friendship and first love, and begins preparing for a future she was never promised. College decisions loom. Expectations weigh heavily. Hope flickers and fades, then returns in quieter forms.

At its core, A Life, Dealt is not about destiny - it's about agency. About how survival can coexist with ambition. About how grief and love can exist in the same space. And about what it means to keep choosing yourself, even when life keeps reshuffling the deck.

This novel is for readers who understand that growing up doesn't always happen gradually - sometimes it happens all at once.

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