The Same Bench

A novel about faith, friendship, and the stories we think we know.

von N. N. Vélez

262 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Two friends. One church. Nothing abstract anymore.

For nearly thirty years, Daniel Reyes and Martín Ortega have shared work, family milestones, Sunday services, and the same bench at Fuente de Vida, a multicultural church in Arizona.

They have also shared an argument neither of them has ever had to finish.

Martín believes laws matter. Daniel knows they do too-but he also knows what it means to live inside the category everyone else is debating.

When Daniel is detained by immigration authorities, theory becomes personal. His family is left waiting. His church must confront what it means to love someone without simply turning him into an exception. And old documents, incomplete memories, and other lives inside the congregation begin to complicate the stories everyone thought they understood.

As friendships, convictions, and loyalties are tested, no one is given an easy conversion-and no one gets to remain untouched by the people behind the labels.

The Same Bench is a contemporary novel about faith, friendship, immigration, mercy, and how little we may know about the people we reduce to a single word.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798170860524
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published