![]() The Year I Left
Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo -- EXCERPT: Sometime in the late summer when the air began to tingle and the leaves started to fall, I opened my eyes one morning and my view of the world had changed. Just like that. I can still see it in my head. The way I let it all unfold. It was a train wreck waiting to happen, and I let it. I left for a business trip that morning with my house in total disarray. I had no good reason for refusing to take Charlie to his school bus, and despite having some time to change our dog’s water bowl, I chose not to do it. There it lay, next to the unwashed food dish, crusted with the remains of last night’s dinner. I figured Jack would get home from the gym and handle it all. Piles of paper gathering dust on the floor and debit card receipts busting out of a little white box screamed for my attention. I ignored them. My home office, the place where I used to hide all day, was like a war zone. And it wasn’t like we had money issues. Paying our bills was the least of my worries. Jack had made a killing when his startup was bought out, and I was the head of client services at a global real-estate company. I just stopped giving a damn. Nothing interested me. I was beset by indifference. I just couldn’t keep up anymore. The sleepless nights, the exhaustion, the constant streaming in my head. Everything seemed so insignificant, so mundane. My successes, my accomplishments, they had lost all meaning. ![]()
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13 Comments
Shirley Ann Speakman
8/12/2019 06:10:35 am
I enjoyed the excerpt the book sounds very interesting and I'm adding it to my wish list.
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Janet W.
8/12/2019 07:42:25 am
Beautiful cover! Can't wait to read this!
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Bridgett Wilbur
8/12/2019 01:00:56 pm
I can't wait to read this. I just love to read.
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Sherry
8/12/2019 03:42:28 pm
Sounds really good and I'm looking forward to reading it.
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Debbie P
8/12/2019 04:05:05 pm
This book sounds like a fascinating read.
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Calvin
8/12/2019 04:33:06 pm
Sounds like a nice read, I like the cover, very relaxing
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Victoria
8/12/2019 07:58:18 pm
Sounds interesting!
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Sara Zielinski
8/12/2019 09:03:49 pm
Thanks for telling me about this book.
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Bea LaRocca
8/13/2019 02:04:08 am
I love the cover and excerpt. This sounds like a must read for me
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shelly peterson
8/15/2019 12:59:00 pm
I love the cover.
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Amy Friedentag
8/18/2019 09:16:47 am
Sounds like a great read. Beautiful cover!
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Emmaline
8/19/2019 07:45:07 pm
"the frailties of the human heart" I like that. It's literally and metaphorically true.
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Jolanda
8/20/2019 01:37:55 am
Sounds like a good read.
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