When You Went Away [Paperback]

NATIONAL BESTSELLER 

Only a few months ago, Gerry Rubato had everything he thought he needed from life. He was passionately in love with his college sweetheart after nearly twenty years of marriage, he had a bright, independent-minded daughter, and he had the surprising addition of a new child on the way. Then everything changed with stunning rapidity. With little explanation, his daughter ran away with her older boyfriend. Then, only a month after giving birth to their son, his wife died suddenly. 

Now, Gerry needs to be everything to his infant child while he contends with two losses he can barely comprehend. And when a woman walks into his life as a friend and their relationship verges on something more, Gerry must redefine all that he knows about himself, about love, about loyalty, and about his dreams. 

An emotionally charged story filled with warmth, humor, wisdom, and unforgettable characters, WHEN YOU WENT AWAY is a novel you will take to your heart. 

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS MICHAEL BARONLou Aronica is the coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers The Element and Finding Your Element (both with Sir Ken Robinson) and the national bestseller The Culture Code (with Clotaire Rapaille) and the author of the USA Today bestselling novel The Forever Year and the national bestselling novels Blue, When You Went Away, The Journey Home and Leaves, among others. He lives in Southern Connecticut with his wife and four children. A long-term book industry veteran, he is the President and Publisher of the independent publishing house The Story Plant and a past president of Novelists Inc. “Lou Aronica writes with deep sensitivity of the power of love to transform and heal in the face of overwhelming tragedy. A lovely read.”“Nicholas Sparks fans will rejoice to hear there’s a new male author on the scene who writes beautifully about love and emotionally charged relationships. Tears of sadness and joylS?