Tricia Patras is a writer from Chicago but is based in the inspiring city of New York. She has had work published across diverse platforms, most notably Business Insider, BUST, and GoTravel. Through her engaging Substack newsletter, Tricia has cultivated a loyal following of over 3,000 subscribers, who receive her reflections on intimacy, mental health, boundaries, and the nuances of living an imperfect, human life. Her Instagram platform, @achainofthoughts, has grown to over 10,000 followers, where she shares poetry, musings, and snapshots of her ongoing journey to redefine self-worth and connection. The Book of Time will be her debut book.
Through poems and journal-like reflections, The Book of Time examines the emotions that season our lives: the ache of rejection, the paradox of solitude, the yearning for love, and the fleeting yet luminous moments that make us feel infinite. This collection invites readers to sit with uncertainty while embracing the strength and beauty found in vulnerability, loneliness, and grief. Patras’s writings guide her into the heart, the soul, and the places that are shaped by Time. This book serves as an ode to understanding Time while living in it. More importantly, it's a mystery which we, as humans, are all trying to solve collectively. Time, in Patras’s writing, becomes both antagonist and companion; an unrelenting force that governs heartbreak and healing, change and stillness, endings and beginnings.
