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If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets
- Author
- Virginia DeLuca
- Narrator
- Natalie Stanfield
- Publisher
- Silverton Agency
- Publish Date
- 23 September 2025
- Run Time
- 7 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Sometimes, we know the least about those we love the most.
It took less than an hour for an old life to end and a new one to begin. When Virginia DeLuca’s sixty-year-old husband abruptly walked out on their serene and happy—even joyful—marriage, proclaiming a sudden desire to have babies, everyone had a theory. He already knocked someone up. Nervous breakdown. Brain tumor.
After DeLuca met her husband, she learned that it was possible for her to love with abandon and entwine her life with this caring and compassionate man. But fourteen years later, she was only left with the mystery of the ending.
DeLuca, a psychotherapist, spent decades helping clients cope with sudden losses and dramatic changes—and now it’s happened to her. Now, she must hunt to find the truth of her own story.
In the tradition of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb, If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets is an unflinching exploration of love and relationships from a woman who ultimately found that life can expand in unanticipated ways.
Critics Review
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“What a fantastic book…like reading a mystery, racing to see what happens…and then finding clarity and the triumph of the ending.”
Abigail Thomas, New York Times bestselling author
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“It’s strangely heartwarming to realize that even sexagenarians can be this chaotic.”
Vulture, New York Magazine
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“DeLuca’s memoir blends brilliance, raw emotion, humor, and extraordinary insight, examining with crystalline honesty how a spouse can blindside a profoundly loving and committed partner.”
Randy Susan Meyers, internationally bestselling author
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“This intimate, vulnerable memoir is an absolute pleasure to read, by turns hilarious, frank, and full of wisdom, making it difficult to put down.”
Maya Shanbhag Lang, author of What We Carry
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“One of the most honest, raw, and satisfying memoirs I have read. Deluca’s fierce, self-searching humor, and willingness to share the rollercoaster ride left me breathless, grateful for every page.”
Linda Katherine Cutting, author of Memory Slips
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“A testament to the vital force that is radical self-love, particularly later in life…Compassionate, deeply moving, and evocative prose.”
Ani Gjika, award-winning poet, translator, and author
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Details
- Author
- Virginia DeLuca
- Narrator
- Natalie Stanfield
- Duration
- 7 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9798228678224
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Silverton Agency
- Genre
- Memoirs, Biography: general, Biography: general, Gender studies: women and girls
Synopsis
Sometimes, we know the least about those we love the most.It took less than an hour for an old life to end and a new one to begin. When Virginia DeLuca’s sixty-year-old husband abruptly walked out on their serene and happy—even joyful—marriage, proclaiming a sudden desire to have babies, everyone had a theory. He already knocked someone up. Nervous breakdown. Brain tumor. After DeLuca met her husband, she learned that it was possible for her to love with abandon and entwine her life with this caring and compassionate man. But fourteen years later, she was only left with the mystery of the ending.DeLuca, a psychotherapist, spent decades helping clients cope with sudden losses and dramatic changes—and now it’s happened to her. Now, she must hunt to find the truth of her own story.In the tradition of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb, If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets is an unflinching exploration of love and relationships from a woman who ultimately found that life can expand in unanticipated ways.
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