Heather Sweeney is a Virginia-based writer whose essays and creative nonfiction work about life as a military spouse, divorce and relationships, parenting, and women’s health have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, The TODAY Show, Newsweek, Business Insider, Good Housekeeping, and elsewhere.
Sweeney's new memoir is Camouflage: How I Emerged from the Shadows of a Military Marriage.
At Electric Lit the writer tagged nine books that "speak to the universal truths and personal trials that accompany the end of a marriage." One title on the list:
This Story Will Change by Elizabeth CraneRead about another entry on the list.
This Story Will Change tells the story of Crane’s marriage and its end with humor, wisdom, and a unique stream of consciousness style that blends short vignettes and a third-person point of view. When Crane’s husband of fifteen yearsunexpectedly confesses that he’s unhappy in their marriage, she suddenly finds herself in couples counseling and living in an apartment with a friend, searching for answers amidst confusion and deep-diving into what went wrong in order to heal. Crane’s nonlinear method of storytelling mimics the nonlinear nature of breakups and the disorienting, discordant, often confusing blend of messy emotions associated with divorce and heartache. The title itself is the ultimate chef’s kiss, because as anyone who has gone through a divorce knows, the story, the lessons learned, the takeaways, and the big feelings will all change with the passage of time.
--Marshal Zeringue
Posts
