When The Applause Fades

What happens when you get everything you ever wanted -only to lose yourself along the way?
Amelia was always the girl who wanted more. More than the silence of her small hometown, more than the predictable path laid out for her. Driven by ambition and raw talent, she climbed the literary ladder, exchanging intimacy for accolades, family for fame. Her name became synonymous with success.
But at the peak of her career, surrounded by city lights and champagne toasts, Amelia begins to unravel. The applause grows quiet.
The friendships fade. And the woman who once burned with passion finds herself hollowed by the very dream that sustained her.
In a poignant, unflinching journey of reckoning, When the Applause Fades traces Amelia's rise, fall, and slow climb toward something deeper than recognition- toward authenticity, forgiveness, and rediscovery.
Perfect for readers of literary fiction and fans of character-driven
narratives, this is a story about the true cost of ambition- and the quiet grace of starting over.