And You No More Wake to Walls by Prashant Rawal

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And You No More Wake to Walls: A novel of spiritual unburdening and surrender

And You No More Wake to Walls is a literary novel that follows a father’s silent pilgrimage through memory and regret after the death of his daughter.

When Rajan, a retired schoolteacher, loses his only child, Meera, he retreats from language, relationships, and routine. Abandoning his home, he sets off on foot across India—seeking nothing, yet walking through every place his daughter once lived, studied, wept, or waited. Each stop—a school corridor, a hospital room, a temple wall—holds echoes of her unspoken pain and his quiet failures to listen.

Through fragmented encounters with objects, spaces, and the people who once surrounded her, Rajan begins to understand not only her suffering but also the limitations of his love—the kind shaped by control, silence, and well-meaning intentions. As he lets go of roles and rituals, he begins to carry her memory not as a burden, but as a presence.

Told in quiet, lyrical prose, the novel unfolds through a series of poetic chapters—each a meditation on place, memory, and emotional inheritance. It explores themes of parental grief, mental health, intergenerational silence, and the slow undoing of ego.

This is not a story of redemption, but of return—to presence, humility, and the raw honesty of what remains when there’s nothing left to prove.

And You No More Wake to Walls is a novel that whispers, lingers, and leaves the reader gentler than it found them.

About the author

Prashant is a writer drawn to the quiet spaces between loss and understanding. A former soldier turned life coach, he works at the intersection of memory, silence, and emotional healing—both on the page and in life. His writing explores what remains unspoken: the weight of love, the cost of control, and the fragile legacies passed down through families.

He is the founder of Life Happens Coaching, where he helps people rediscover clarity and courage when the world no longer makes sense. He also curates essays on grief, growth, and inner leadership at www.gumshum.com.

And You No More Wake to Walls is his debut novel—a lyrical meditation on a father’s reckoning with grief, guilt, and the quiet unraveling of ego.