Stories

The book tour started in Portland and would end in New York, with twenty-three cities in between. Samantha stood backstage

The premiere was scheduled for a Thursday in April at the historic Hollywood Theater in Portland. Samantha stood in her

The decision came on a Sunday morning in August. Samantha stood in her kitchen—the kitchen where she’d documented Jared’s lies,

The call came from Penelope on a Wednesday in March, just as spring was beginning to show itself in Portland’s

The letter arrived on a Saturday in January, three weeks after the divorce was finalized. Samantha found it wedged in

The Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists hearing was scheduled for 9 AM on a Tuesday in late

The call came on a Monday morning while Samantha was grocery shopping. “Ms. Hayes? This is Penelope Aldridge from Sterling

The essay went live at midnight on a Tuesday. Samantha had rewritten it seventeen times, expanded it to twenty thousand