AN OPEN BOOK
Something
not broken
Petra, a young career woman, suddenly and inexplicably finds herself in the midst of an early "midlife" crisis, ending her eight-year relationship and losing her mojo at her dream job as a book editor.
Woven together is present day third-person narrative and first person memories, dreams, and journaling, Something Not Broken gives readers the opportunity to become intimately acquainted with Petra's inner life, while challenging them to unwrap the mysteries of the past that shaped her, much as Petra herself is doing. We all go on the journey with her. These characters are all flawed, and searching for, or at least desiring something else, and yet on the surface, they have everything. The author hopes this story will emotionally resonate with readers long after they have forgotten the words. Her wish is that they'll be less critical of themselves
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About Marissa
I grew up in NY, attending Catholic schools through high school. Graduating from Harvard with a degree in Cultural Anthropology, I knew I wanted to be a medical doctor, but hadn’t finished my premedical requirements. In a period of five years, I took the remaining science courses and worked as a recreational therapist in a skilled nursing facility. I entered a five year MD/MS program in California, known as the UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Medical Program. I moved back to the East Coast to enter a Pathology residency at Yale. An unexpected illness cut short my medical career.
This book represents a return to one of my earliest passions, writing. From when I was a child, I loved to write short stories and poems, and the return to writing was somehow both natural and long overdue. I suppose, though, I never really stopped writing, as journaling has always been part of my daily life. This book however is something special, and in some ways I feel as though I wrote it a long time ago…it just took me a while to move the words onto the page.
This book is a tribute to my parents. They both passed away prior to its writing, and yet I know they were beside me the whole time, cheering me on. Their love and support will continue to carry me forward for the rest of my life.
