The Shape of Staying: A Memoir

By Cici Green

A MEMOIR OF LOVE, LOSS
AND THE LIFE THAT CAME AFTER

At nineteen, Cici fell in love with a man who seemed to carry life in his very movement. When the future they imagined was shattered, grief became something she learned not to overcome, but to carry.

In the years that followed came travel, longing, motherhood that did not arrive, a house that became a place of safety, and the gradual discovery that the life she built was not the lesser one.

The Shape of Staying is a tender, clear-eyed memoir about love, loss, resilience, and the quiet courage of continuing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGSTJX5B
• ISBN13: 9798194238682
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.3"