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FromAlone: A Love Story

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FromAlone: A Love Story

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6 minutes

Released:

Nov 27, 2018

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Explosive love, beef brisket and "f--k yes!" Michelle Parise shares two scenes from the cutting room floor.

Released:

Nov 27, 2018

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (33)

Alone: A Love Story is an award-winning memoir by Michelle Parise. With candour and humour, Michelle delves into the deepest, darkest aspects of her divorce and her new life as a part-time parent, part-time partier.

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Chapter 1: Not if, how: On the cusp of her 39th birthday, recently divorced Michelle struggles with a complicated new romance. A drunken tarot card reading returns her to 1999, when she first met The Scientist (soon to be The Husband) and all was filled with promise. by Alone: A Love Story
20 min listen
Chapter 2: Why not?: The relationship with The Scientist proves harder than expected, and yet he surprise-proposes right when a huge world tragedy occurs. Michelle says yes, starting a chain of compromises as they plan a wedding and get married. by Alone: A Love Story
22 min listen
Chapter 4: Impossible to see: Michelle struggles with the isolation of maternity leave and emptiness sets in as she feels less and less like herself. Just as she's about to return to work, there's a surprising event and everything changes again. by Alone: A Love Story
29 min listen
Chapter 7: Protection: In the first weeks after The Bomb, friends, family, co-workers and strangers show kindness and support, and The Husband has a revelation about kindness too. by Alone: A Love Story
21 min listen
Chapter 14: Adrift: Springsteen, breaking the one and done policy, The Bad Ones and an orphan Christmas... by Alone: A Love Story
29 min listen
Chapter 10: Forza: Michelle goes to Italy to be with the people that are, and the place that is, her anchor. The sea, soil and family ground her, and a new bond is made with her father. She returns to Canada with her life a big question mark. by Alone: A Love Story
24 min listen
Chapter 11: Hold It Together: Sex, sailboats and a Dark 'n Stormy. Season 2 kicks off with first times and quantum leaps... by Alone: A Love Story
23 min listen
Chapter 3: The feelings I don't feel: The first four years of marriage are a happy, love-drunk time until The Husband delivers an ultimatum. Michelle reluctantly (at first) gets pregnant, and everything starts to change in her — physically and mentally. by Alone: A Love Story
19 min listen
Chapter 6: Fallout: In the wake of The Bomb, Michelle becomes a shell of her former self, and slowly spirals down, deeper and deeper into grief and straight into the arms of the monster, Loneliness. by Alone: A Love Story
22 min listen
Chapter 5: The bomb: By the time the baby is four, The Husband has become a stranger in his own home. There are arguments and few answers as to why. One day, Michelle finds a tell-tale umbrella and soon after, she's hit with the bomb called Affair. by Alone: A Love Story
17 min listen
Chapter 13: The Saddest Optimist: Princess Leia, part-time parenting, the invisible thread and music in the MRI... by Alone: A Love Story
28 min listen
Chapter 16: Sidelines: A favourite lover, the divorce office, a crazy request and a (not so sure) sure thing... by Alone: A Love Story
26 min listen
Chapter 8: Left and leaving: Michelle and The Husband pack up their house together, dismantling 12 years in two months. They move out and into two apartments across the street from one another, committed to raising their daughter together. by Alone: A Love Story
23 min listen
Chapter 9: Freedom: Michelle looks to superconnector friends to help her re-enter the world as a single person. Late nights and spontaneity reawaken parts of her she didn't realize were dormant. by Alone: A Love Story
22 min listen
Chapter 12: Half-Life: Hookup culture, the paradox of choice, a cute/crazy guy and love off the coast of Newfoundland... by Alone: A Love Story
28 min listen
Chapter 17: The Lonely: Bob Dylan's curse, what lonely feels like and a visit with the matchmaker... by Alone: A Love Story
27 min listen
Chapter 19: So It Goes: U2, unicorns, a journey to the red hills and the curse of Drew Barrymore... by Alone: A Love Story
22 min listen
Chapter 15: The New World: Dancing, being Italian, a man in the kitchen and advice from an ex-husband... by Alone: A Love Story
28 min listen
Chapter 18: He Exists: Begging God for a boyfriend, a man in a white shirt, floating on Cloud 9 and Destiny's Child... by Alone: A Love Story
29 min listen
I Should Sleep But I Don't Sleep: Bonus: A drifter in her own life: Michelle Parise shares a poignant scene that was cut from the upcoming season. by Alone: A Love Story
5 min listen
The Thing About the Heart & Maps: Bonus: A rundown heart and a road map for life: Michelle Parise shares two more scenes from the Season 3 cutting room floor. by Alone: A Love Story
5 min listen
Chapter 20: Someone Good: Tarot cards, Lou Reed's bookend and a serpent eating its own tail... by Alone: A Love Story
21 min listen
Chapter 21: Courage: The first episode of the third season. A frightening encounter, a beautiful road trip and a new chapter in my life. by Alone: A Love Story
27 min listen
Fireworks & So Many Maybes: Bonus: Explosive love, beef brisket and "f--k yes!" Michelle Parise shares two scenes from the cutting room floor. by Alone: A Love Story
6 min listen
Chapter 26: Caution: Carpenter ants, cotton candy and a passionate declaration from The Man With the White Shirt. by Alone: A Love Story
22 min listen
Chapter 25: Lost: Cold legs, wanderlust and living by the tides. by Alone: A Love Story
26 min listen
Chapter 22: Variations: Marking time, my territory and my biological clock. by Alone: A Love Story
27 min listen
Chapter 24: Falling: The edge of despair, The Husband becomes a dandy, and the trouble with truth and trust. by Alone: A Love Story
30 min listen
Chapter 28: Love after Love: Spiderman, a sexy cowboy, and making my way out of the wild, wild wood. by Alone: A Love Story
35 min listen
Chapter 27: Blow Away: Cloud 9, flight school, flying high. Then a sudden change of altitude. by Alone: A Love Story
27 min listen

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Alone: A Love Story Introduces: Helluva Story: Helluva Story is an intimate and illuminating weekly half-hour featuring the best in audio documentary. Listen along with host Duncan McCue as he explores the beauty and messiness of real life with storytellers and their subjects. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/4604aDti by Alone: A Love Story
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Bonus: Forza, coraggio and an update: It's okay to grieve when things are beyond our control. Michelle Parise shares words of wisdom for these uncertain times. Plus, some news! "Alone: A Love Story" is now a book. by Alone: A Love Story
5 min listen
Chapter 28: Love after Love: Spiderman, a sexy cowboy, and making my way out of the wild, wild wood. by Alone: A Love Story
35 min listen
Chapter 27: Blow Away: Cloud 9, flight school, flying high. Then a sudden change of altitude. by Alone: A Love Story
27 min listen
Chapter 26: Caution: Carpenter ants, cotton candy and a passionate declaration from The Man With the White Shirt. by Alone: A Love Story
22 min listen
Chapter 25: Lost: Cold legs, wanderlust and living by the tides. by Alone: A Love Story
26 min listen
Chapter 24: Falling: The edge of despair, The Husband becomes a dandy, and the trouble with truth and trust. by Alone: A Love Story
30 min listen
Chapter 23: In Dreams: PDA in NYC, running in circles and sex as ceasefire. by Alone: A Love Story
26 min listen
Chapter 22: Variations: Marking time, my territory and my biological clock. by Alone: A Love Story
27 min listen
Chapter 21: Courage: The first episode of the third season. A frightening encounter, a beautiful road trip and a new chapter in my life. by Alone: A Love Story
27 min listen
I Should Sleep But I Don't Sleep: Bonus: A drifter in her own life: Michelle Parise shares a poignant scene that was cut from the upcoming season. by Alone: A Love Story
5 min listen
The Thing About the Heart & Maps: Bonus: A rundown heart and a road map for life: Michelle Parise shares two more scenes from the Season 3 cutting room floor. by Alone: A Love Story
5 min listen
Chapter 20: Someone Good: Tarot cards, Lou Reed's bookend and a serpent eating its own tail... by Alone: A Love Story
21 min listen
Chapter 19: So It Goes: U2, unicorns, a journey to the red hills and the curse of Drew Barrymore... by Alone: A Love Story
22 min listen
Chapter 18: He Exists: Begging God for a boyfriend, a man in a white shirt, floating on Cloud 9 and Destiny's Child... by Alone: A Love Story
29 min listen
Chapter 17: The Lonely: Bob Dylan's curse, what lonely feels like and a visit with the matchmaker... by Alone: A Love Story
27 min listen
Chapter 16: Sidelines: A favourite lover, the divorce office, a crazy request and a (not so sure) sure thing... by Alone: A Love Story
26 min listen
Chapter 15: The New World: Dancing, being Italian, a man in the kitchen and advice from an ex-husband... by Alone: A Love Story
28 min listen
Chapter 14: Adrift: Springsteen, breaking the one and done policy, The Bad Ones and an orphan Christmas... by Alone: A Love Story
29 min listen
Chapter 13: The Saddest Optimist: Princess Leia, part-time parenting, the invisible thread and music in the MRI... by Alone: A Love Story
28 min listen
Chapter 12: Half-Life: Hookup culture, the paradox of choice, a cute/crazy guy and love off the coast of Newfoundland... by Alone: A Love Story
28 min listen
Chapter 11: Hold It Together: Sex, sailboats and a Dark 'n Stormy. Season 2 kicks off with first times and quantum leaps... by Alone: A Love Story
23 min listen
Chapter 10: Forza: Michelle goes to Italy to be with the people that are, and the place that is, her anchor. The sea, soil and family ground her, and a new bond is made with her father. She returns to Canada with her life a big question mark. by Alone: A Love Story
24 min listen
Chapter 9: Freedom: Michelle looks to superconnector friends to help her re-enter the world as a single person. Late nights and spontaneity reawaken parts of her she didn't realize were dormant. by Alone: A Love Story
22 min listen

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Bonus: Fireworks & So Many Maybes

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