Learning to Stay, Erin Celello
Learning to Stay, Erin Celello
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Learning to Stay

Author: Erin Celello

Narrator: Kate Rudd

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2013


Synopsis

What do you do when the man you’re married to is no longer the man you married?Elise Sabato is proud of her husband, Brad, for serving his country…and grateful when he returns home to her. But the traumatic brain injury he suffered in Iraq has turned him from a thoughtful, brilliant, and patient man into someone quite different—someone who requires more care and attention than Elise can give while working at a demanding law firm. And when Brad ends up on his family’s farm, hundreds of miles away, she wonders where their marriage is headed.Elise feels she must decide between the life she always wanted and the life she seems to be living…until she finds inspiration in the most unlikely of places: a lovable dog named Jones, who teaches her that when the best-laid plans take unexpected turns, sometimes you end up right where you were meant to be.“A timely novel, but also a novel that speaks to the tides of any marriage, in peacetime or at war.” —Joseph Monninger, Author of Margaret from Maine“Riveting and tender…the emotional battle a wife must wage to bring her husband back to her.” —Erika Marks, Author of The Mermaid Collector

About Erin Celello

Erin Celello was born in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where she earned an MFA in fiction from Northern Michigan University. She now lives in Wisconsin with her husband and young son.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wulfwyn

I loved the title and the cover. I never imagined the impact this book would have on me. I believe Learning to Stay will be at the top of my list of 2013 Best Books. My son served in Iraq. I think that was part of the appeal for me. I have found that since his return I am drawn to books about homeco......more

I absolutely loved this story. Elise’s husband returns home from Iraq, with a traumatic brain injury, as a changed man. Elise struggles to help him. Can the arrival of a dog named Jones help him. This is a raw and emotional read. It’s really well written. I recommend tissue with this story.......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl

Elise’s husband, Brad is in the military. Elise receives word that Brad’s unit has been attacked. Brad survived and is coming home. Once Brad arrives home, Elise quickly learns that the man she knows and loves is not the same man that has returned home. Elise is trying to adjust to the “new” Brad bu......more