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Michelle Parise. Alone: A Love Story
PRAISE FOR ALONE: A LOVE STORY
PRAISE FOR THE PODCASTALONE: A LOVE STORY
ALONE
ALONE
CONTENTS
PART ONE
CHAPTER ONE. FALLING. LOSS
Y2K
THIRTEEN YEARS LATER
HURRICANE
TEN YEARS LATER
COMPROMISE
CHAPTER TWO. WAITING. MARRIED LIFE
THE FEELINGS I DON’T FEEL
BUILDING
FULL MOON, FIRST OF JULY
BIRDIE
SUCK IT UP
CHAPTER THREE. RUNNING UP THAT HILL. FINISH LINE
ON STRIKE
Love as Torture
HE’S COME UNDONE
CHAPTER FOUR. THE BOMB. THE UMBRELLA
INT. BEDROOM — NIGHT
AN EDUCATION
THE THING WE’RE IN
BLITZKRIEG
HERE’S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU
CHAPTER FIVE. FALLOUT. THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
STATIC
SCISSORS
THE DEER
WHY I’M TELLING YOU THIS
CHAPTER SIX. LEFT AND LEAVING. NEIGHBOURS
IRISH BLOOD, ITALIAN HEART
LEAVING HOME
THE THING ABOUT TRUTH AND TRUST
PAIN SCALE
CHAPTER SEVEN. PROTECTION. AT NIGHT
PREPARE YOURSELF
SUPERCONNECTORS
Still,
YOUNG AGAIN
YOUNGER STILL
CHAPTER EIGHT. FORZA. WHAT ARE YOU FIGHTING FOR?
ACROSS THE SEA
LA TAVOLA
TREADING WATER
CALABRIA
PART TWO
CHAPTER NINE. VOYAGE. WE BECOME OUR OWN WOLVES
THE BABIES
HOW IT HAPPENS IS THIS
FIRST GUY
Sailing
THE CAKE
CHAPTER TEN. HALF-LIFE. DUALITY
CRAZY GUY (FORMERLY CUTE GUY)
I Smoked Six Cigarettes Today,
RUDDERLESS
THE BEAR
THE SWINGS
Just … Different
CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE SADDEST OPTIMIST. A PRETTY SAD GIRL
TRAINING
PAST IN PRESENT
WHEN SHE’S HERE
RINGS
CHAPTER TWELVE. ADRIFT. SCENE OF THE CRIME
HOT ACTOR
When He’s Here
PG24
THE BAD ONES
ORPHAN CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. VESPERS. FOOD
DANCING
REVIVAL
ADVICE FROM AN EX-HUSBAND
VANISHING
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. THE LONELY. What Lonely Feels Like
SOLO TIME
DIVORCE OFFICE
TOO CANADIAN
A SURE THING
HOW SHE SEES IT
THE MATCHMAKER
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. HE EXISTS. THE ROSARY
THE MAN WITH THE WHITE SHIRT
IT AIN’T ME
IT AIN’T HIM, EITHER
TILT-A-WHIRL
INDEPENDENT WOMAN
THE UNICORN
WHAT MAGIC FEELS LIKE
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. SO IT GOES. ART
THE RED HILLS
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
LOSS, REVISITED
THIS IS THE LAST TIME
PERFECT DAY
SOMETHING ELSE
PART THREE
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. BLOW AWAY. THE BAD ONE
BITS AND PIECES
BLINDNESS
MAYBE
ROAD TO NOWHERE
THEY MEET
SIGNS
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. THERE, THERE. FIREWORKS
WIDE AWAKE AND DREAMING
I SHOULD SLEEP BUT I DON’T SLEEP
TIME
BROOKLYN
CIRCLES
WANDERLUST
CHAPTER NINETEEN. IN REVERSE. THE OPPOSITE OF DESTROYING
DAY TO DAY
PICK A DIRECTION
But Here’s the Thing
CAREFUL
This Love is Not Simple
MAPS
DATING
THE WELL
CHAPTER TWENTY. TRYING. TO THE SEA
It’s Late on a Saturday Night
IT EXISTS
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
THE OUTLIER
THE END (AGAIN)
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. HOME. The Thing About the Heart
RECOVERY
GOING HOME
Still,
SHAMBLE
MONOGAMISH
WILDWOOD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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This is a lyrical tribute to the intoxicating, dramatic, destructive, and ultimately empowering nature of love. I could not stop reading Michelle’s story, and now I cannot stop thinking about it.
— ANNA MARIA TREMONTI, acclaimed journalist and broadcaster
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I’m reading in bed. Downstairs I hear the now familiar sounds: the pop of a beer cap, the hum of the television, the punctuated laughter that seems forced, as if he is trying desperately to find joy in something. Earlier, I stood in the doorway of the TV room, lingering unnoticed.
“Why don’t you come up to bed with me?”
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