Michelle Parise is the best company. Her passion and humour leap off the page.
— Camilla Gibb, bestselling author
Beautifully and powerfully written, Alone: A Love Story left me heartbroken and inspired at the same time.
— TERRY FALLIS, bestselling author
A courageous and full-throttled confessional.
— DAEMON FAIRLESS, journalist and author
Michelle Parise channels some seriously steamy Canadian
Bridget Jones divorcee realness and I’m here for it.
— ANDREA SILENZI, podcast host
Michelle pours out her story like a funny, fierce friend who trusts you with everything.
— CHRISTA COUTURE, musician and author
A book to keep close.
Parise is unflinching as she reports back from her broken heart.
— LAURIE BROWN, journalist and broadcaster
Equal parts pain and hope, served with a side of laughs— and we’re all wiser for it.
— DUNCAN McCUE, journalist and author
A lyrical tribute to the intoxicating, dramatic, destructive and
ultimately empowering nature of love.
I could not stop reading Michelle’s story, and now I cannot stop thinking about it.
— ANNA MARIA TREMONTI, journalist and broadcaster
Gutsy, searingly honest, and full of heart,
Michelle’s beautiful memoir about mid-life fuckery reveals
an exciting opportunity for self discovery
amidst a wild unravelling.
— JEN MCNEELY, writer
We’ve seen enough stories about self-destructive “lost” women.
Parise explores the more real female narrative:
we bleed but we’re masters at covering it up.
— KATIE BOLAND, actor, writer, and filmmaker
A tightly woven tapestry of vulnerability, rawness, and humour,
that makes you contemplate your inner life with
more acceptance and compassion.
— BRITT WRAY, Ph.D., broadcaster and author
Ardent, urgent, and honest, Parise’s wildly intimate voice reminds us that as long as we are feeling, we are never really alone.
— ADRIAN McKERRACHER, author
Beautifully written, intimate, alive and accessible,
the story flows like a conversation with
your most interesting, wise and exciting friend.
— EMILY URQUHART, author