52 Weeks a Party of One

52 Weeks a Party of One

★ WINNER: 2024 DBT Literary Awards "First Place: Contemporary Fiction" ★ WINNER: 2025 PenCraft Book Awards "Women’s Fiction Runner-up Winner" Aisha isn’t known to hold her tongue, but that’s until she finds out her boyfriend and her best friend are having an affair on New Year’s Eve. This sends her packing. She leaves Denver and moves to Dallas to have the time and space to process the betrayal. Spending time alone also spotlights other issues she has been trying to conceal: her broken relationship with her mother, her growing apart from her brother, and the impact of her late absentee father on her life. Aisha is overwhelmed by everything, so instead of using her time away to “do the work,” she spends weeks putting it off and indulging in every possible distraction—until she hits a wall. Aisha will have to either confront the ghosts from her past before the year ends or continue to pretend they aren’t there and let them haunt her until the very end. "Thought-provoking, memorable . . . powerful." - MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW "This is not a sanitized account of healing but an honest portrayal of its complexities, showing the courage it takes to face emotional wounds and the strength required to keep going, even when the path feels impossible." - AUTHORSREADING "A raw, messy, and relatable journey of heartbreak, healing, and self-discovery. If you love books that make you feel all the things and stay in your head long after the last page, this one's for you." - REEDSY BIANCA PENSY ABA was born on May 27, 1993, in Yaoundé, Cameroon. She lived in her native country until she turned eighteen. She graduated from Graceland University in 2017. She was a college athlete who played sports most of her life. Her second love was basketball. Her first was writing. She is the author of ACROSS BOTH SIDES OF THE MIRROR and 52 WEEKS A PARTY OF ONE. She lives in Allen, Texas, where she enjoys picnicking, reading, hiking, watching terrible dating shows, sipping a glass of wine on her balcony, and doing whatever else she is in the mood for.