Alone: A Love Story

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Alone: A Love Story
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Presentation
Hosted byMichelle Parise [1]
GenreMemoir [2]
LanguageCanadian English
UpdatesDaily
Length15–30 Minutes
Production
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes32
Publication
Original releaseSeptember 18, 2017
Provider Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Related
Website www.cbc.ca/radio/alone

Alone: A Love Story is a book and podcast by Canadian writer and journalist Michelle Parise.

Contents

Background

The memoir is a story written by Michelle Parise. [3] The story is about how Parise's marriage fell apart due to an affair and how she coped with the changes in her life after the divorce. [4] Parise and her ex-husband purchased houses across the street from each other and Parise begins dating again at the age of 40. [5] The story is about relationships and what it means to be lonely. [6] The podcast won a Gold at the New York Festivals Radio Awards in 2018. [7] [8]

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