'The Crane Wife' by CJ Hauser
How do you become a person who settles for less? How do you become someone who has built an otherwise unacceptable life? And more importantly, how do you find your way back?
Hauser sticks the landing so well. Brilliant, oft recommended for a REASON.
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I read this every couple of months and it HITS EVERY TIME
I had not read this, thank you so much for posting it here.
It's what got me to actually initiate my divorce, which I'm sure is true for a lot of folks.
I love this story so much.
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The Crane Wife
niti
“"What I understood on the other side of my decision, on the gulf, was that there was no such thing as ruining yourself. There are ways to be wounded and ways to survive those wounds, but no one can survive denying their own needs." oof.”
Treemiele
“The first time I encountered this story was in fall of 2019 when I was about six months out of a situation where I plucked every feather, made myself as small as possible, and still could not seem to force my essence to disappear. So, I had to leave the life I built. I taught high school English then, and I wept hot tears in my classroom as I read it. So sad, and finally so seen. Earlier today, I”
Elaine F
“I read this during a break at work, and then felt so physically ill afterward I had to take a sick day.”
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