Learning to Stay - by Erin Celello (Paperback)

About the Book

"Elise Sabato is proud of her husband, Brad, for serving his country...and grateful when he returns home to her. But the traumatic brain injury he suffered in Iraq has turned him from a thoughtful, brilliant, and patient man into someone quite different....someone who requires more care and attention than Elise can give while working in a demanding law firm. And when Brad ends up on his family's farm, hundreds of miles away, she wonders where their marriage is headed."--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Elise Sabato is proud of her husband, Brad, for serving his country...and grateful when he returns home to her. But the traumatic brain injury he suffered in Iraq has turned him from a thoughtful, brilliant, and patient man into someone quite different....someone who requires more care and attention than Elise can give while working in a demanding law firm. And when Brad ends up on his family's farm, hundreds of miles away, she wonders where their marriage is headed.

Elise must decide between the life she always wanted and the life she seems to be living...until she finds inspiration in the most unlikely of places: a lovable dog named Jones who teaches her that when the best-laid plans take unexpected turns, sometimes you end up right where you were meant to be.

Review Quotes

Praise for Learning to Stay

"[A] gem of a novel...For anyone who has wondered what happens behind closed doors when a loved one comes home from war..."--Lee Woodruff, co-author of New York Times bestselling In an Instant

"A timely novel, but also a novel that speaks to the tides of any marriage, in peacetime or at war."--Joseph Monninger, author of Margaret from Maine

"Riveting and tender...the emotional battle a wife must wage to bring her husband back to her."--Erika Marks, author of The Mermaid Collector

"Inspiring..."--John Shors, author of Temple of a Thousand Faces

About the Author

Erin Celello is the author of Miracle Beach and Learning to Stay. She was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where she also earned an MFA in fiction from Northern Michigan University. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband, two young sons, and two unruly Vizslas. She teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.