Meet the Author
Born and raised in Ohio, Danielle Dayney got her start writing rock concert reviews and band interviews for Toledo-based music magazine The Glass Eye. After leaving Ohio, she set aside her journals for several years to work in the real estate industry, but after her mother passed away from cancer, she returned to writing, initially as a cathartic way to understand her grief.
Since then, her work has appeared in the Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review, online at Sunlight Press, Dead Housekeeping and The Mindful Word, and in several anthologies including The Virginia Writers Centennial Anthology, Nevertheless We Persisted, Beach Reads: Lost and Found, and Beach Reads: Adrift. She has also received awards for two creative nonfiction essays at BlogHer.
Danielle lives in the rolling hills of Virginia with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs. Follow her blog at https://danielledayney.com
Details
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, E-book
Pages: 156
ISBN (HC): 978-1-958754-21-4
ISBN (PB): 978-1-953021-19-9
ISBN (e-book): 978-1-953021-20-5
Release Date: 11/15/2021
Endorsements
“When Love Sticks Around is an instantly engaging memoir that deals with the highs and lows of coming-of-age and the realities and complexities of adulthood. Dayney moves seamlessly through her life from birth, right up to the first moment of motherhood, before losing her own mother to cancer. Her vignettes of life’s journeys instantly transport readers into a world unique to her. It’s the complexities of the relationships within the pages of her debut novel that are both delightful and also heartbreaking. From the very first page, she has written a book
worth sticking around for.”
-Donna-Louise Bishop, community life correspondent
for The Eastern Daily Press, Norfolk, UK
“Ms. Dayney’s story of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in Toledo, Ohio, is a tale of disappointment, grit, and ultimately, love. In her quest to unravel her family’s thorny relationships, she brings readers into a cigarette-and-beer-filled world they will not want to leave.”
-Amy Francis Dechary, editor of the Beach Reads anthology series
and president of Third Street Writers
“Each short essay in When Love Sticks Around is a marvelous example of the struggles we face throughout our lives, how love in all of its various forms presides through it, and ultimately how together we face both the tragedies and the moments of celebration. Whether the topic is growing up poor, struggling to gain a relationship with a parent, dating, having not-the-best jobs, transitioning into being an adult, or navigating racism, Dayney’s mesmerizing narratives and skill at storytelling aid in exploring the complexities of life, all told in simple, relatable ways. Through these candid glimpses of her own experiences, this coming-of-age memoir reaches beyond the moments of growing up to create a visceral testament to all that we love and search for.”
-Chelsey Clammer, author of Circadian and BodyHome
“Dayney’s well-written and poignant collection of personal essays makes you laugh, seethe, and cry. In other words, this is life itself.”
-Betsy Ashton, author of Out of the Desert
