Fictional lives reveal the quiet struggles, choices, and hopes that shape a democracy. These stories don’t deliver lectures; they draw you into lives that feel real, offering perspective on how systems affect people. Through empathy and narrative, they help us understand what democracy truly means.
These books aren’t just stories; they’re invitations to see democracy through a human lens.
In a time when civic understanding often feels lost in noise and division, these fictional biographies offer something different: quiet, thoughtful narratives that make sense of the systems we live within. Through imagined lives, readers experience the personal side of public structures, how policies affect people, how history touches homes, and how democratic ideals show up in everyday choices.
Each book in this collection follows a different imagined life shaped by democracy in action, its systems, struggles, and everyday impact. Through one character at a time, these stories reveal how the personal and the political quietly intertwine. It’s fiction that makes the system feel real.
This video offers a new way to connect with the ideas behind the books, bringing character, voice, and thought to life. Whether it’s an excerpt, an author insight, or a look into the writing process, it’s all here to help you feel the story beyond the page.
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