There are some basic needs we humans have. One of these is the need to feel accepted, to be on the inside.

In my novel “The Love We Had” I explore how the feeling of being outside affects a person in crisis. What happens in a long-term relationship when the communication between the two becomes poor, and how do people try to take action in this difficult situation?

Inside — Outside

From “The Love we Had”:

I have long felt that he and I live together under the same roof, and that we totally lack the ability to listen to each other. I have felt that I live in an exile. I am in a way expelled from my own life. And I feel I have to do something about it. This does not work anymore. I have to deal with it. I have to get out. There is no way, no other way than the way out.

Link: Chapter 30: Inside — Outside

Edit: The novel previously called “The Happiest Town in the World” has a new title: The Love we Had