Leaving New York had been easy, but the solitude I craved was more elusive
Jan 24, 2022
3 minutes
Sara Freeman
Illustrated by Edward Tuckwell
In the summer of 2017, I left New York City, where I had been living for seven years, and moved to Boston, Massachusetts. My time in NYC had been mixed. I had tried and failed to get my first novel published; I had worked a job I found meaningful, but which offered no health insurance, no future. By the end of my stay, I was weary of the city, which reminded me, every day, of all I hadn’t achieved by
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