Falling Through the Night (National Indie Excellence Award Winner, 2024)

Gail Marlene Schwartz

Falling Through the Night (National Indie Excellence Award Winner, 2024)
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Demeter Press
Country
CA
Published
1 February 2024
Pages
250
ISBN
9781772584868

Falling Through the Night (National Indie Excellence Award Winner, 2024)

Gail Marlene Schwartz

NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER, 2024 Audrey Meyerwitz wants to fall in love and have a family. But for this queer 30-something insomniac who's struggled with Generalized Anxiety Disorder since childhood, it's a goal that's far from simple. When best friend Jessica, a recovering alcoholic, helps introvert Audrey with a profile on SheLovesHer, Audrey takes that scary first step toward her lifelong dream. Through online dating, immigrating to Canada, and having a baby with Down Syndrome, she struggles and grows. But when Audrey unearths a secret about her mother, everything about her identity as a mother, a daughter, and a person with mental illness ruptures. How do we create closeness from roots of deep alienation? With humor, honesty, and complexity, Audrey learns that healthy love means accepting gains and losses, taking off the blinders of fantasy, and embracing the messiness that defines human families.

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