On an even higher level, though, the book is really about one thing: an upset 20-something transitioning into adulthood.' - 'Last Weeks Memoir' ''The Aftermath of Forever' is a personal and private look into the mistakes and romantic experiments that follow the crushing disappointment of being blindsided by divorce.

'The story is a path of self-discovery to cope with how life moves on after experiencing heartbreak from someone once held so close.' -Dylan Sirdofsky, 'Sonoma State Star'ģ. Though each of these finely tuned pieces can stand alone, when they are read together and in sequence the collection achieves a striking intensity of narrative momentum and richness of emotional resonance.' -Noelle Oxenhandler, author, 'The Eros of Parenthood' and 'The Wishing Year'Ģ. 'With unflinching honesty and exquisite spareness, Natalye Childress explores the spectrum of romantic love, in its tender, wild, painful, and redeeming dimensions.

These men, although they leave her life almost as quickly as they entered it, collectively help shape her future as she embarks on a quest not only to find love, but to find herself.ġ. Her quest for love takes the form of delving into the hedonistic world of noncommittal beaus, abusive boyfriends, and friends with benefits. Using music as a vehicle to express herself, she revisits ten men from her past and paints a portrait of their relationships through the mixtapes she has made them. After the disappointment of a failed marriage, Natalye Childress embarks on a soul-searching journey to discover what happens when the one you thought you would be with forever breaks your heart. The Aftermath of Forever: How I Loved and Lost and Found Myself is a memoir that chronicles the romantic coming-of-age of a woman in her 20s experiencing dating in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Wishing Year by Noelle Oxenhandler