Uncaged Summer by Colet Abedi EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Colet Abedi
- Language: English
- Genre: Women’s Divorce Fiction
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“THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED”
“YOU HAVE TO FIND HUSBAND before it’s too late!”
My mom’s thick, Persian accent echoes through my SUV like an ancient
call for war, booming through the Bluetooth speakers.
“Or you vill reach a point vhere nobody vill marry you! Nobody!”
This is her raison d’être—my future marriage. Even though I am just
finalizing a hellish divorce.
In my mother’s mind she has an aging, divorced daughter she needs to
find a man for, and the clock is ticking. And even though my ex has been
lying and cheating for years, can arguably be called the spawn of Satan, and
any normal mother would give their daughter a minute to process…it’s not
happening in this Persian family.
To make matters worse, I’m about to embark on an unexpected journey
she highly disapproves of for the summer. To be fair, I’d probably feel the
same way if I was in her shoes. But my whole world is in shambles, and I
need to find answers. I need to know who I am, what I want in this next
half of my life, and where I’m going. The brutal reality is that I’ve come to
realize I never had these answers before. But since I can’t go back in time,
all I can do is try to put the broken pieces back together.
And there are more than I can count.
“Avalie?!” My mom sounds worried when I take so long to answer.
Avalie means “strength” in Farsi. I wonder if she regrets giving me this
name. At this moment in time, I’m leaning toward a strong yes.
“I hate to break the news, but the last thing I want—or need—is a
husband. I’m still trying to get rid of my last one,” I remind her. “Give me a
break and let me get to Pegah’s and decompress—”
“You vant to decompress on other people’s couches?!”
She’s referring to my plan of bouncing around and staying with my best
friends and some family, with the hope that I’ll have figured my life out by
the end of the summer. Wishful thinking on my part? Who knows. But I’m
going to give it a fighting chance. And it’s not like my mother has to worry
that I’ll be suffering at my friends’ homes—most of them live in places
others only dream about.
“Mom, I just left my whole life behind,” I remind her, hoping for
sympathy. “It’s all gone—”
“It vas a shitty life,” she interrupts so fast I fight not to laugh.
Hey, she’s not wrong. But there are some things I’m grateful for.
Like the three suitcases in my trunk filled with all the belongings I have
to show for my thirteen-year marriage to my high school sweetheart
(barf), Darian Monfared (extra barf). I have my car, even though it’s
leased, and I have to turn it in at the end of the summer.…
And I have my health.
My mental health is another issue altogether, but I’m hoping this little
journey of mine will straighten me out and help me realize where I went
wrong in my life.
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