THE MAN I WAS WHEN YOU LOVED ME

"Nobody should have to reduce themselves to a state of emotional survival just to remain loved. Not even me.""Love did not fail them-fear did."The Man I Was When You Loved Me is a raw, rhythmic memoir exploring the disorienting landscape of domestic trauma, masculinity, and the struggle to protect one's own softness.Through memory, confession, unexpected humour, and devastating honesty, Jharel Ferreira captures the exact anatomy of a relationship unraveling. It is a striking portrait of what happens when two wounded people love each other deeply, while quietly bleeding old fears into every room they enter together.Written with sparse prose and concluding with a poignant collection of poetry, this book is not a story about villains. It is a profound exploration of what it means to lose the love of your life without losing yourself.

Pages: 47, Paperback, Independently published