After Loving You: An Anthology of Poems After Divorce - Paperback

by Jennifer Reich Wiles (Author)

A raw poetry collection chronicling the death of a relationship, the chaos of the in-between, and the act of rebuilding a life on your own terms. The characters are real, but the emotions are a fickle bitch.After Loving You is a raw and uncompromising poetry collection born from one of the darkest seasons of the author's life. It chronicles the death of a relationship, the turbulent chaos of the in-between, and the hard-won peace that comes with finally rebuilding the life you always wanted, on your own terms, and on your own foundation.After finding me, I write again.I let the emotions flow through, and trust the pen to reveal the words.I no longer fear what may come out.I remain open and honest, neither feeling a compulsionto fill the silence, nor explain myself.-From After Finding MeStructured into three parts-Death, Purgatory, and Rebirth-the collection features minimalist, lyrical reflections on failed relationships, motherhood, and the journey toward healing. It is an anthology of ramblings and epiphanies of a mad woman that is both completely true and fully dishonest; the characters are real, but the emotions are a fickle bitch.