Gone

by Angela Fristoe

A sorrowful, yet beautiful look at how mental illness effects a marriage.
*This is a short story

Genres: Ebooks

13 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 6, 2015

About the author

Angela grew up in Alberta, Canada. She dreamed of becoming the next Dian Fossey or Jane Goodall, until she realized she wasn’t all that keen on the outdoors or animals. Instead, she went into education and focused on elementary education and helping struggling readers. Her passion for writing grew gradually after being ignited by The Hunger Game and Twilight crazes. Angela lives on Vancouver Island with her family, where she is pursuing her Masters degree while continuing to write and serve as an instructional coach.
Learn more about Angela on her website angelafristoe.com and her YA book review blog angelafristoe.blogspot.com.

Reviews

[Nicole Normand · Rating 3 out of 5]

Received a free copy from the author via BookFunnel; this is my honest review.
This seems like a real story; someone who went through all this and came out a victor. If you ever lose a spouse to mental illness, it's a good read. There are a lot of questions but not so many answers and it's realistic. Maybe if I went through that it would have touched me more.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arc review For honest review. This is a short story of a marriage that fought with mental health problems. It was good

[Lorena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a chilling, evocative account of what it can be like to live with someone with a serious mental illness. I was quickly drawn into this short story and found it easy to relate to the characters. Although I have never experienced anything quite like this, the story felt believable.

This is a clean, well-written short story, but very disturbing because of the subject matter. I found it more frightening than any horror story precisely because it could happen to any of us. Recommended if you don't have triggers involving depictions of mental illness and you don't require stories with a happy ending.

I volunteered to review a free copy of this story provided by the author.

[A. Powers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet but SUPER powerful. Can definitely feel the emotion.

[Jenny Zimmerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

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#WENEEDDIVERSITY
Wow, this book was short, sweet and to the point, though I wish there was more to it. It's about a family, particularly a wife, that struggles with a husband that has mental issues to stay together and how much it hurt the family in such a short period of time. Even though it's short, it was still a great read and I would still recommend it.

The author provided me with a digital ARC copy of the book for review purposes only. No remuneration was exchanged.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gone by Angela Fristoe is short but it details the pain of living with and loving someone who is mentally ill. I suffer from depression and panic attacks so I understand the frustrations with the medical community. Luckily, my illness is mild, but his isn't. Not giving the characters names makes this story even more personal. This is short story about the agony of fighting the unknown and not giving up. Of knowing we, too, can stay strong.

[Angie Dokos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting short story. Heartbreaking because it happens to so many people in every day life.

[Selena · Rating 5 out of 5]

So few words- so much to say.
So much to think about.
Wow.

[Kim Hampton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this short story, wished it would have been a lot longer! A great snapshot of what mental illness can do to a family.

[Mitsy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alarming and sad story of a woman whose husband has a mental illness.

[Sandra · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't like this very short story much as I've expected a real story not only short sequences from different stages of their marriage.