Starting At Goodbye: A Memoir

Marilyn met Wayne met at a country western bar during the "Urban Cowboy" craze of the '80's. She took him home for what was to have been her last one night stand; he stayed for decades. Theirs was a tumultuous relationship defined by the insanity of alcoholism, followed by life affirming recovery. They married, divorced, and remarried, raising two children while hardly knowing how to raise themselves. As baby boomers, they believed they were invincible, their happy ending written in the stars. But after surviving twenty-four years together, an unforeseen bomb shattered their illusions. It would prove to be the final siege in their embattled journey. Throughout their wild rollercoaster ride from pain to redemption, they shared a deeply passionate and unbreakable bond. Theirs is a love story to last in eternity.