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Aisles Away

Luckily, my partner knows I am constantly searching for a new title for the self-help book I have written. One way I keep track is by texting her the ones I like. Friday night we are at a bookstore where she browses for books about plagues and shipwrecks while I look for books on parenting and relationships. Aisles apart, I have an idea too good to forget “We should talk about divorce” I text, then realize the gravity of my words taken out of context. “Love it” she texts back. We may browse in different aisles, but she gets me.

Finalist, Fall Contest 2023. Contest Readers’ praise included “original situation and great stakes” and “love the integration of humor.”

Oona Metz is a psychotherapist and writer who self published her first book, The Cat, The Dog and The Pig, at age 5. www.oonametz.com

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