Alone: A Love Story

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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.

Spiderman, a sexy cowboy, and making my way out of the wild, wild wood.

Cloud 9, flight school, flying high. Then a sudden change of altitude.

Carpenter ants, cotton candy and a passionate declaration from The Man With the White Shirt.

Cold legs, wanderlust and living by the tides.

The edge of despair, The Husband becomes a dandy, and the trouble with truth and trust.

PDA in NYC, running in circles and sex as ceasefire.

Marking time, my territory and my biological clock.

The first episode of the third season. A frightening encounter, a beautiful road trip and a new chapter in my life.

A drifter in her own life: Michelle Parise shares a poignant scene that was cut from Season 3.

A rundown heart and a road map for life: Michelle Parise shares two more scenes from the Season 3 cutting room floor.

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

Tarot cards, Lou Reed's bookend and a serpent eating its own tail...

U2, unicorns, a journey to the red hills and the curse of Drew Barrymore...

Begging God for a boyfriend, a man in a white shirt, floating on Cloud 9 and Destiny's Child...

Bob Dylan's curse, what lonely feels like and a visit with the matchmaker...

A favourite lover, the divorce office, a crazy request and a (not so sure) sure thing...

Dancing, being Italian, a man in the kitchen and advice from an ex-husband...

Springsteen, breaking the one and done policy, The Bad Ones and an orphan Christmas...

Princess Leia, part-time parenting, the invisible thread and music in the MRI...

Hookup culture, the paradox of choice, a cute/crazy guy and love off the coast of Newfoundland...

Sex, sailboats and a Dark 'n Stormy. Season 2 kicks off with first times and quantum leaps...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.