The Year I Left

Christine Brae

• Publisher: Vesuvian Books
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781944109912
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Women in Fiction
• Index: Literature

"A thousand half loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home." Carin Frost doesn't understand what's happening to her. A confident businesswoman, wife, and mother, she begins to resent everything about her life. Nothing makes sense. Nothing makes her feel. Maybe it's the recent loss of her mother in a tragic accident. Or maybe she's just losing her mind. Enter Matias Torres. As their new business partnership thrives, so does their friendship—and his interest in her. Carin is determined to keep her distance, until a work assignment sends them to Southeast Asia where a storm is brewing on the island. In the midst of the chaos, Matias asks her to do something unimaginable, exhilarating, bold. Carin knows the consequences could be dire, but it may be the only way to save herself. An honest look at love and marriage and the frailties of the human heart, this is a story of a woman's loss of self and purpose and the journey she takes to find her way back. "A lyrically written masterpiece of women's fiction that is emotional, raw, and real." ~Tarryn Fisher, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author

Table of contents

• Chapter One: A Thousand Half Loves
• Chapter Two: Not Since You
• Chapter Three: Your Voice
• Chapter Four: Home Life
• Chapter Five: Namaste
• Chapter Six: The Plan
• Chapter Seven: Voicemails
• Chapter Eight: Triple Date
• Chapter Nine: Pretty Woman
• Chapter Ten: Trouble
• Chapter Eleven: The Godfrey
• Chapter Twelve: My Brutus
• Chapter Thirteen: Imagine No Dragons
• Chapter Fourteen: Crazy Phase
• Chapter Fifteen: Not This Time
• Chapter Sixteen: It is Him
• Chapter Seventeen: GONE
• Chapter Eighteen: You’re My Buddy
• Chapter Nineteen: Love
• Chapter Twenty: Divorce
• Chapter Twenty-One: New Normal
• Chapter Twenty-Two: Away We Go
• Chapter Twenty-Three: History
• Chapter Twenty-Four: Because of You
• Chapter Twenty-Five: Into the Sea
• Chapter Twenty-Six: The Place for Miracles
• Chapter Twenty-Seven: Woodpecker
• Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Rules
• Chapter Twenty-Nine: Sarong
• Chapter Thirty: Short
• Chapter Thirty-One: Breakfast
• Chapter Thirty-Two: The Monsoon
• Chapter Thirty-Three: Art
• Chapter Thirty-Four: What You See
• Chapter Thirty-Five: Secrets
• Chapter Thirty-Six: Sudden Loss
• Chapter Thirty-Seven: Windchimes
• Chapter Thirty-Eight: Love
• Chapter Thirty-Nine: We are one
• Chapter Forty: CNN
• Chapter Forty-One: The Beginning
• Chapter Forty-Two: Gratitude
• Chapter Forty-Three: Temporary
• Chapter Forty-Four: Death and Dying
• Chapter Forty-Five: The End
• Chapter Forty-Six: Back At Home
• Chapter Forty-Seven: Why Not?
• Chapter Forty-Eight: The Letters
• Epilogue –Three Months Later
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author