********NEVER GIVE UP******** Even worse than feeling abandoned is abandoning yourself... A moving novel, which won't leave you indifferent, a life lesson, a promise of hope and resilience for all people living in a toxic relationship, and a hommage to friendship. Whether you are a caterpillar or already a butterfly, I invite you to share Charlie's transformation. <br/>"I could go on for a long time. Of course, you think that if I'm aware of all of this, then why am I staying? Because I love him, I think, because we are a family, because we have built a life together, because I think I need him, because I feel lost without him, because I don't know how to do anything, because where would I go and what would I do? Because I don't know how or where to start... and because I'm afraid, afraid of what he might do, because I hold on to good memories, because I believe and hope that there is more than this and because I hope that one day it will change..."<br/>