Reaching for Stars is a luminous novel about ambition, burnout, and the quiet revolution of choosing yourself.

Zara is a single mother building a mental health app from her kitchen table. Elias is a pianist in exile, torn between silence and song. Ariyah is an influencer with half a million followers but no idea who she is without the brand. Michael is a corporate strategist who has everything success promised — and nothing his soul craves.

Brought together by a mysterious invitation to join the Ambition Collective, four strangers find themselves circling the same fire: tired, undone, but still reaching. Across retreats, late-night voice notes, and fragile acts of honesty, they discover that ambition is not about climbing louder or faster — it's about finding the courage to rest, to belong, and to believe in enough.

For readers of Matt Haig, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Glennon Doyle, this is a story for anyone who has ever whispered in the dark: I'm not broken. I'm just tired of pretending I'm not.