A review by namakurhea
The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone by Natalie Eve Garrett

3.5

What a book! In this collection of essays, many writers shared their experience of being alone/loneliness. Some of them are done by choice; like a move, or residency in a fellowship. Some happened out of tragedy; a sudden death, a grieving process, a break up. The essays that resonate to me the most are especially those about forging one’s own path and not giving a care about other’s interpretation of it. It takes guts to do that, and this is what I try to emulate in my own life. I suppose I was looking for validation; a tip of the hat from the women and men who are also  walking this path of aloneness. And I, without a shadow of a doubt, found that validation in these essays. 💪🏼