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Only Alive on Sundays: A Novella

by Kim Rashidi

Selfhood, romance, and the Major Arcana

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Selfhood, romance, and the Major Arcana

Mila’s search for herself takes shape through two contrasting romantic possibilities and her work in an antique shop described as a portal to endless possibilities. The novella uses tarot’s Major Arcana to frame that journey, bringing cards such as The Lovers, The Tower, and The Moon into a story that blurs the magical and the everyday. Its central tension is not simply whom Mila might choose, but how she relates to the person she sees herself becoming. Self-observation, desire, and self-worship connect the romance to a broader exploration of self-actualization.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in literary fiction that connects romance with questions of identity.
  • Readers curious about stories structured around tarot and the Major Arcana.
  • Readers who enjoy a blend of magical elements and everyday settings.

Themes

Selfhood and self-actualizationRomance and desireTarot and symbolismThe magical in everyday life

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Book overview

In a world of hidden meanings and yearnful glances, she fatefully runs into him one summer. But all she wants to know is what his bathroom tiles look like...

Mila is in her late 20s and she's made it this far in life without really being alive. She is constantly thinking about herself from the outside in. All of that changes when she tries to find herself within two men who are so different yet so alike. One has a knowing smile, the other wears an enchanting grin. Both offer her moments so ripe they may as well be juicy nectarines for her to devour-but if it's love or devotion, she can't figure out.

Working in an antique shop with a portal into endless possibilities, Mila interacts with the many faces of her being. She catapults her self-actualization when she confronts the watchful eye that lives within her. Sundays are-finally-made holy when she starts worshiping herself.

Written using tarot cards, Only Alive on Sundays blurs the line between the magical and the mundane. Rashidi weaves the narrative of each Major Arcana card into an electric tale exploring the romance of pursuing selfhood, painting an image of what it would look like to be caught in the midst of The Lovers, The Tower, The Moon...

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