Unquiet
Resilient Love
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Narrated by:
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Michael Stellman
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By:
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Melanie Hansen
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A Resilient Love story
Loren Smith has been in love with Eliot Devlin almost his entire life. During their turbulent childhood and teen years, Loren didn't always understand Eliot, and sometimes he could be a challenge, but Eliot was the only one to ever truly ease Loren's deep loneliness and accept him. When Eliot's increasingly erratic and self-destructive behavior culminates in a suicide attempt at 17, Loren is devastated.
Upon meeting again by chance nine years later, Loren is enjoying a successful career as a police officer while Eliot's life has been a constant struggle for stability. In and out of mental hospitals, with a rap sheet a mile long, he continues to be buffeted by the twin storms of mania and depression. Loren's love and protectiveness for Eliot are deeply ingrained in him, however, and their feelings for each other are quickly rekindled.
Loren has issues of his own that he's dealing with, and trying to understand and cope with Eliot's bipolar disorder isn't easy. They believe they're meant to be, and Eliot brings a fulfillment to Loren's life that no one else will ever match. But, as they both come to realize, love by itself can't cure all.
©2016 Melanie Hansen (P)2017 Dreamspinner PressWhat listeners say about Unquiet
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- BevS
- 05-07-18
Excellent narration from Michael Stellman. ...
My favourite of the Resilient Love series...such a shame the first 2 stories were narrated by Robert Nieman, whose work I always find distinctly underwhelming. Ms Hansen is one of my go-to authors, I've loved everything she's written and will continue to stalk...😉 Sorry, follow her work closely.
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- Lulu
- 06-10-17
Outstanding
This book is outstanding. But what it’s NOT is a light, fluffy, easy read. It is raw, brutal, honest and beautifully , accurately written. As a Health Care Professional myself I must applaud Melanie for her accurate and honest portrayal of bipolar disorder and the intricate ways it can effect both the patient and those who love them. Seriously, well done. 5+ stars.
This is the story of Loren (who we meet in book 2) and Eliot. I listened to this book in audio which added another layer to the emotional and at times heartbreaking story. Now if you’ve read my previous audio reviews for this series you’ll know I just couldn’t connect with the previous narrator but this book has a different one Michael Stellman and THANK GOD. Because of the angst and emotion in this story Michael conveyed this in an excellent way and I really fell in love with his narration style. I will say though, if you are feeling slightly emotional anyway or you or some one you know suffer from some of the issues raised in this book I’d probably recommend getting the print version not the audio as it’s very immersive this way and I imagine would be more upsetting to some.
Loren and Eliot meet as kids when Elliot moves in next door. Loren’s Mum encourages him to go and say Hey to the new kid. Right from the very first time they meet Loren notices something special about Eliot. He’s hyper and talking a mile a minute and is obsessed with the moon and they instantly become best friends. As they grow up Loren continues to adore Eliot but his increasing ‘weirdness’ (Loren’s word) starts to concern him. Eliot starts drinking and taking drugs and his behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. He expresses his concerns to Eliot’s Mum who is a doctor herself who brushes him off. There’s a big incident in their senior year which leads to the two of them going their separate ways.
They meet again years later when Loren who is now a police officer is working a case in Arizona and meets an informant in a seedy strip club. He cannot believe his eyes when ‘Angel’ the stripper on stage is his Elliot. Elliot who has now formally been diagnosed with rapid-cycling bipolar 1 disorder comorbid with anxiety. He’s off his meds and self medicating with alcohol. In this current state he doesn’t even recognise Loren. Loren pays a visit to Elliot’s Mum who is also living in Arizona. She has done everything she feels she could to try and help Elliot and his Dad walked out and left them some point a long the way because he couldn’t cope with his sons illness.
Loren can’t help but be drawn to Eliot even after all these years. They strike up a tentative friendship which eventually leads to more. But this is not a lovey-dovey hearts and flowers book. It’s about Eliot’s continued deteriorating mental health and Loren trying to support him whilst keeping up with the increasing demands of a new and stressful job, unfortunately trying to further his career and help Eliot with his recovery are just not compatible and Eliot ends up in the psychiatric hospital many times throughout this book. It’s mainly told from Loren’s perspective but there are chapters told from Eliot’s which are frankly amazing. These chapters are exceptionally well written and I think it’s very important to get a true glimpse in to the mind of someone trying to deal with their bipolar disorder.
Secondary characters are excellent in this book and really well developed. I love Eliot’s homeless friends that he cares for, the medical professionals and patients at the psychiatric hospital are also excellent and I want to give a particular shout out to married couple Traci and Donovan who run the friends and family session at the hospital, she’s bipolar and he’s not and I fell in love with her the moment she deemed people who struggle with mental health issues ‘mentally interesting people’. Love her. We also get to catch up with the characters from the other books which was awesome.
The ending was absolutely perfect for this book. Again it was not all rainbows and sunshine. It’s set three years later and they both reflect back on Eliot’s ongoing struggles with his condition. We also get to catch up with the other characters and what they are up to.
As I said at the beginning of this review this book is truly outstanding made all the better for listening to it in audio!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Hemmel M.
- 06-01-19
Enjoyable
A realistic story about bipolar disease. Some called it 'heavy' but I disagree. The noise reduction us very low quality.
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