Why Are We Afraid?

Do you recall the highly acclaimed “𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘋𝘰 𝘞𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘺?” Now here comes another one from the creators, “𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱?”

If you thought “𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘋𝘰 𝘞𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘺?” touched the zenith, “𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱?” goes way, way beyond! Expressed in the form of a father-son discussion on a night when lights in Max’s house go out, it is everything about being vulnerable as Max’s father describes ‘fear’ and its myriad causes. It begins with Max posing a simple question, “𝘋𝘢𝘥, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥?”

Max’s father explains that fear is sometimes caused by the unknown, while at times, loud words can evoke fear or being lonely could be a reason. One can be afraid of the unknown, or of falling short but some people mask their fears. My favourite – “𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭” – with an illustration of a place being bombed; and another equally evocative line, “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥.”

Now readers, tell me, is there any way you can stop yourself from pre-ordering this gem?

Fear not, for the book releases on 6 June 2023.