Maggie and Elliott have been married for eight years, but on the morning of December 14th, 2001, Elliott tells Maggie he wants a divorce as the taxi in the driveway patiently awaits Maggie to take her to the airport. Maggie kisses Elliott goodbye as she is about to go to Paris for two weeks, but ends up extending her travels to Amsterdam and Prague. We follow her on her journey and experience her excitement as she discovers new corners of the world and explores other cultures- all whilst coping with the pain of the end of a great love story.
Told in diary form, “Ode to Elliott” is a memoir of light entering the heart once the shell finally cracks open.
"Ode to Elliott" was written and published as an existential tool for transformation during the author's travels. It is an expression of life as it was happening during the author's travels, mirroring her inner experience with the outer experience and all the characters and lives she met along the way.
As Maggie learns of her impending divorce to Elliott, her life takes a turn and she in turn, takes life on with all its challenges, pains and adventures that accompany the acceptance of the end of a chapter in life.
The reader travels with her from Los Angeles to Paris, Amsterdam and Prague on a roller coaster ride of raw and honest unedited emotion as she struggles to make it out of a dark, gloomy cloud in order to allow the light into her heart once again.
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