LE COEUR PENDU: Leave My Heart Hanging

AN AUTHOR WITH A GIFT FOR TELLING STORIES WITH THE GREATEST OF EMPATHY, EMOTION AND COMPASSION.

DESCRIPTION

"A poignant read." "A hard-hitting novel." Words like these rained down from readers and critics on Maude Michaud's remarkable debut novel Barefoot on Gravel. Her new novel, Leave My Heart Hanging, tells the story of what happens next, as the narrator struggles to keep putting one foot in front of the other following the cruel death of her partner and unborn baby. Sometimes all she wants to do is die. The pain and the grief seem insurmountable and the anxiety can be overwhelming. But in resilience, there is hope, and ultimately the promise of motherhood and the challenge of single-parenting. After all, life goes on...

EXCERPT

Two years you've been gone. Two years I've been looking everywhere for you, even when I stopped looking. I miss everything about you to the point of tears. A point that hasn't moved in my world since the day you died.
I'm a mother now. Did you know that? Sometimes I'm so drained, I wish I could take your arms to rock Caleb to sleep while I close my own eyes. Sometimes I wish I could hear your voice telling me you love me and that it's going to be all right. Because I'll be honest, I spend most of my time doubting that.
And other times, I wish you could be his father, to be sure that no one will ever come and take him away from me, to be sure I don't die of grief and leave my heart hanging.

AUTHOR

Maude Michaud started her popular blog, "La parfaite maman cinglante" (Perfect Scathing Mum: parfaitemamancinglante.com) in March 2016, when she finally had more than enough of feeling guilty about everything since the very infancy of her motherhood. Maude Michaud is also the brains behind the travel blog, "Tes fesses au soleil".