This Used to Be Us by Renée Carlino
There are two sides to every love story—and every breakup. Get ready for an emotional roller coaster of family, marriage, and divorce that will have you both laughing and crying, from the bestselling author of Before We Were Strangers.
After twenty-two years together, Danielle and Alex are getting a divorce. Once fiercely in love, they can barely stand the sound of each other’s voice. Instead of shuttling the kids between two broken homes, Alex and Dani decide to share a nesting apartment while swapping days with their two teenage boys at the family home.
In the apartment, Dani and Alex, on their own, begin to reflect on the last two decades—why they fell in love and why the marriage fell, spectacularly, apart. With the newfound space and time, they are given a chance to rediscover their autonomous selves again. They both get back in the dating pool. Dani finds major success at work as a showrunner on her own TV project, while Alex faces the challenges of a new relationship.
Still, they find that they just can’t stay away from each other, and somehow, the distance allows them to remember (for the first time in years) what each used to love about the other. When a family crisis draws them back into each other’s orbit, Dani and Alex are once again put to the test, which leads to a dramatic conclusion that will have readers weeping.
- File Name:this-used-to-be-us-by-renee-carlino.epub
- Original Title:This Used to Be Us
- Creator:Renée Carlino
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B0CKSKY4K8
- Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
- Date:2024-07-09T00:00:00+00:00
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Table of Content
- 1. Cover
- 2. By Renée Carlino
- 3. Title Page
- 4. Copyright
- 5. Contents
- 6. Dedication
- 7. Epigraph
- 8. 1: Are You Listening?
- 9. 2: I See You
- 10. 3: Whisper These Words to Me
- 11. 4: I Haven’t Heard Your Voice in Years
- 12. 5: Because I Have Nothing to Say
- 13. 6: You’ve Murdered the Best Parts of Me
- 14. 7: You Struck First
- 15. 8: I Was Screaming for Help
- 16. 9: I Tuned You Out
- 17. 10: You Could Hear Me Whisper Then
- 18. 11: You Don’t Have to Say It
- 19. 12: You Wouldn’t Listen Anyway
- 20. 13: Flipping the Script
- 21. 14: Par for the Course
- 22. 15: Where Have I Been?
- 23. 16: Surprise Me for a Change
- 24. 17: Untying Your Knots
- 25. 18: You’re Kidding Me
- 26. 19: You’re Over Me
- 27. 20: Getting to Know Me
- 28. 21: What Is “My Type” Anyway?
- 29. 22: Where Are You?
- 30. 23: Does This Feel Like Peace to You Too?
- 31. 24: I Don’t Know How I Feel
- 32. 25: I Am Thankful for You
- 33. 26: Aren’t We a Cautionary Tale?
- 34. 27: Are We Good Now?
- 35. 28: I Can’t Be This Person for You
- 36. 29: Do You Still Think About Us?
- 37. 30: I’m Calling You
- 38. 31: I’m Here
- 39. 32: I Need You
- 40. 33: I’m Right Here
- 41. 34: In Your Heart
- 42. Acknowledgments
- 43. This Used to Be Us: A Reader’s Guide
- 44. A Q&A with Renée Carlino and Hannah Sloane
- 45. About the Author