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The Loneliness of Lena
The story of a young woman named Lena Demuir, who wakes one day to tragedy and finds herself alone and feeling unloved. She has no friends.
Lena tells everyone she is fine, and herself that she prefers to be alone and without friends. But Lexi, a long-term acquaintance as Lena calls her, and a strange mad woman they encounter who predicts Lena’s future, see things differently for Lena.
Faced with the beating drum of her destiny, Lena tries to avoid the path before her, but life won’t let her. Mostly, Lena tries to avoid friends, to avoid friendship. In the end, she comes to see people differently; her understanding of friendship evolves from her experiences.
Lena tells everyone she is fine, and herself that she prefers to be alone and without friends. But Lexi, a long-term acquaintance as Lena calls her, and a strange mad woman they encounter who predicts Lena’s future, see things differently for Lena.
Faced with the beating drum of her destiny, Lena tries to avoid the path before her, but life won’t let her. Mostly, Lena tries to avoid friends, to avoid friendship. In the end, she comes to see people differently; her understanding of friendship evolves from her experiences.
193 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 13, 2018
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August 3, 2025
As the author of this book, I want to say that this novel is the same as another novel of mine, but with a different title. The other book is called, I Have No Friends. Read my comments on that novel to understand why I chose that title, initially. I have two listings because people still buy the old version -- at least in digital format -- and I had to get a new ISBN for the new title.
I changed the title because people told me they felt self-conscious reading a book called, "I Have No Friends" in public -- the paperback format. Strangers would look sadly at them, probably thinking it was a self-help book and that the reader was friendless. Some would say, "It's not a self-help book. I do have friends." To that the strangers would smile and nod, but looked like they didn't believe them -- making the reader look even more pitiable. So for my print readers, I published it with a more appropriate title.
Incidentally, this book has also been translated into Russian: Одиночество Лины.
I changed the title because people told me they felt self-conscious reading a book called, "I Have No Friends" in public -- the paperback format. Strangers would look sadly at them, probably thinking it was a self-help book and that the reader was friendless. Some would say, "It's not a self-help book. I do have friends." To that the strangers would smile and nod, but looked like they didn't believe them -- making the reader look even more pitiable. So for my print readers, I published it with a more appropriate title.
Incidentally, this book has also been translated into Russian: Одиночество Лины.
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