With or Without You, Caroline Leavitt
With or Without You, Caroline Leavitt
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With or Without You

Author: Caroline Leavitt

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2020

Categories: Fiction, Women

Synopsis

After almost twenty years together, Stella and Simon are starting to run into problems. An up-and-coming rock musician when they first met, Simon has been clinging to dreams of fame even as the possibility of it has grown dimmer, and now that his band might finally be on the brink again, he wants to go on the road, leaving Stella behind. But when she falls into a coma on the eve of his departure, he has to make a choice between stardom and his wifeand when she awakes a different person, with an incredible artistic talent of her own, the two of them must examine what it is that they really want.Unapologetically honest and intimately written, With or Without You is a contemporary story of what happens to relationships as the people in them change, whether slowly or in one cataclysmic swoop.

About Caroline Leavitt

Caroline Leavitt is the award-winning author of eight novels. Her essays and stories have been included in New York magazine, Psychology Today, More, Parenting, Redbook, and Salon. She's a columnist for the Boston Globe, a book reviewer for People, and a writing instructor at UCLA online.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on December 03, 2020

This is sad, astonishing, intense and realistic story about life, death, choices we made, opportunities, paths we get to shape up our lives! This is about heartbreak, loneliness, self-discovery, insecurities, love, trust, friendship! The characters are flawed, trapped in their lives because they’re......more

Goodreads review by Camilla on December 02, 2020

A solid and unique piece of fiction. I requested With or Without You on Edelweiss because the description reminded me of Blue Valentine (2010), my favorite movie. Stella and Simon have been together for almost 20 years. She's a nurse, he's a musician. They fell in love when they were young but, as t......more

Goodreads review by Amy on June 29, 2021

4.5 stars This is the LAST kind of story that I would have pegged as hopeful. And joyful. And yet it was. Writing: ★★★★★ Characters: ★★★★★ Pacing: ★★★★ This isn't the kind of love story that would make it into the romance section, but it's a love story all the same. It's about what it means to be you—a......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on July 20, 2021

I finally read my first Caroline Leavitt book! With or Without You is the story of Stella’s search for happiness. From the very beginning it felt authentic. I loved how complex the characters are (my favorite). Stella and Simon have been together for two decades, and they are kind of “stuck.” Stella i......more

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