Voices Within

From Lana Stasek, Readers' Favorite award-winning author of Voices Within: Family Chronicles, comes a novel inspired by the true life of her rescue dog."What is it like to remember what you shouldn't, and to see through people even when they can't see themselves?"Bella was a shelter dog: eight years old before anyone took her home, and adopted from the Orphans of the Storm shelter in Illinois. This dramatic novel follows her through survival, memory, fear, trust, and unconditional love.Told entirely in Bella's voice, canine in form and painfully human in truth, the story moves through the streets of Chicago, the shelter system, and the fragile hope of a forever home. With raw instinct and blunt honesty, Bella sees through the masks people wear and shows how fear can shape behavior long after the danger has passed.Her story is about abandonment, resilience, belonging, and what it takes to trust again after being hurt.For readers 15 and up who are drawn to emotionally powerful fiction, unconventional perspectives, and the bond between humans and animals.