Cover of The Price of Silence by Isaiah Harland, painted portrait of Marcus Bell seated on a curb at twilight against city lights

The Price of Silence

A 131-second recording turns a working-class father’s worst night into public property. As his wife fights for a future of her own and their son turns the recording into music, the Bell family must decide what dignity costs—and who gets to decide. The Price of Silence is an intimate contemporary novel about standing your ground and keeping a family together.