After ten years, In October of 2021, I recently published the book, "The Lonely Nest: the story of two women whose short lives will one day make a difference in the world." Here is the back cover:“It would be some time until the steel encasement sealing my lonely nest cracked. Some might say I was too damaged to know any better, having lived with an abuser so long. The truth is hard to accept and far more egregious when I say…we learn to sacrifice the ones we love in order to survive.”The secret you buried thirty years ago comes banging at your door. You refuse to open, as you have a new life and remain speechless whenever someone asks, “How did your mother and sister die?” The events described in The Lonely Nest take place in a small New England town and reveal what hides behind time and shame. With a sense of urgency, Concetta Falcone-Codding takes the reader through her family history, narrating four decades of secrets, deadly betrayals, and harm that destroyed the women in her family. Written from the perspective of her child-self, Falcone-Codding’s sensitive prose exposes the translucent line between witnessing abuse and being complicit in it. The Lonely Nest is a story of domestic violence, incest, childhood loss, and courage written for all whose stories have yet to be heard.Concetta Falcone-Codding https://www.facebook.com/TheLonelyNestSeries/concettafalconecodding1@gmail.com Concetta Falcone-Codding was born in Norwich, Connecticut where she attended the Norwich Free Academy. She holds a Master of Arts in Special Education and a Sixth-Year Diploma as a Reading and Language Arts Consultant from the University of Connecticut. For over ten years she was a columnist for the Norwich Bulletin and developed a following bringing discrimination and injustice into the light. She wrote The Lonely Nest in the hope that she could change the way the world sees domestic violence and know that domestic violence could never survive without silence from its victims and those who indifferently watch. Her words to live by: On your journey, do not share the same path as your abuser. When we resort to hate and violence, we become like our abusers. Use your voice to help others and follow the light above. EBOOK EDITION AVAILABLE