An unforgettable voice narrates this novella-in-flash, a jilted lover who is obsessed with her ex, struggling to find a settled place to live, and trying to find a way to make peace with both her disapproving mother and the memories of her estranged father. It’s impossible to resist this flawed narrator’s honest, raw humanity. Immediate, alive, sharp, psychologically astute – there is a kind of casual poetry in the writing. On virtually every page there are moments of expressive genius and flair that will either have you laughing or will tug hard at your heart.
—Michael Loveday, author of Three Men on the Edge

With her first novella-in-flash, The Way of the Wind, Francine Witte takes the reader on a pot-holed, unpredictable journey of the heart—a roadtrip for which there is no GPS navigation. Not many writers of flash can conjure comedy and tragedy in perfectly equal doses, but like a magician at the top of her form, this is exactly what happens in Witte’s memorable tour-de-force.
—Meg Pokrass, author of The Dog Seated Next to Me

What do we do with loss—that hollow, unbearable weight we carry around?  Do we dissolve?  Or do we somehow reassemble our life?  These are the central questions Francine Witte tackles head-on in her latest sensational book. With her heart laid bare on both sleeves, Witte also asks, What if? What if I’d been more? What if I’d mattered more? Through her spare, yet shimmering prose we get answers to these questions and many more. For the romantic, the philosopher, or anyone still breathing, this is the book you need in order to make sense of that thing we call love.
—Len Kuntz, author of This Is Why I Need You

Paperback, 196mm x 134mm; 84pp

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