Lonely Girl

'In crystal-clear prose, Lonely Girl reveals how we can rewire the patterns that keep us alone-and rewrite our lives rooted in love.' - Jennifer Leigh Selig, author of Deep MemoirForensic scientist Elizabeth finally has it all: the wife, the baby, the deep friendships, and the clearpath to the promotion of her dreams. Her found family buoys her through early motherhood and aglobal pandemic, until her world fractures and she’s suddenly left with nothing but her wife anddaughter, and a desperate need to start over.A cross-country move and a flooded RV later, the mountains of Colorado force Elizabeth to learnher value, demand her worth, and confront her deep loneliness. After years of effort, she can nolonger deny the cracks in her marriage and is forced to face the question: if she’s not a wife and nota scientist, who is she? Elizabeth meets many who assist on her path of self-discovery, but oneperson in particular forces her to question what she believes about love, relationships, and hersexuality.This is a story about feeling chronically lonely in every room, even when surrounded by others, anddoing a deep self-exploration, finding self-love, worthiness, and a sense of belonging no externalcircumstance can shake. Journey with Elizabeth through the raw emotionality of abortion, sexualassault, sobriety, and divorce, and find healing in the most unexpected of love stories.