{"product_id":"just-ask-your-self-9781069956620","title":"Just Ask Your Self","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost people can point to the things that prove they are doing well-career, relationships, momentum. Whether those things are actually making them happy is a harder question to sit with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust Ask Your Self is a literary collection of 57 short stories that explore the hidden emotional lives beneath outward success. Each piece centers on a character who appears accomplished, composed, or fine on the surface, yet begins to confront a quieter, more unsettling question: Am I happy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories examine the structures we unconsciously inherit, success scripts, performative identities, productivity culture and the quiet cost of living according to external expectations rather than internal truth. Many of the characters grapple with self-recognition, internalized narratives, and the courage it takes to question inherited models of happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflective rather than prescriptive, the collection explores control, identity, self-awareness, and the subtle ways we avoid our own truth. Some are tender. Some are confronting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOthers are unexpectedly beautiful. All invite the reader to pause long enough to ask the one question that changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moirae Choquette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bradford Blake Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781069956620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoquette, Moirae:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Moirae Choquette is a Canadian author whose work explores the tension between outward success and inner truth. Her writing examines themes of self-awareness, control, identity, and emotional honesty. Just Ask Your Self is her debut collection.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Moirae Choquette \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48944040214685,"sku":"9781069956620","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_8f6209e9-5f63-4f27-82b5-5c931dcb988c.jpg?v=1790153560","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/just-ask-your-self-9781069956620","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}