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Gorosito Mosso, Dr. Gonzalo

 
9781066974504: Carry-On: How to Stay Close Through Contant Goodbyes

Synopsis

Someone leaves. Someone stays. Then it flips — and you do it all again.
If your relationship runs on a rhythm most people don't understand, Carry-On is the book that finally speaks to both sides of it.
Written by a commercial airline pilot who is also a practicing Dr. in Psychology, Carry-On grew out of a simple observation: a pilot's spouse, an offshore rigger's partner, a touring musician's husband, a soldier's wife — different lives, different languages, and underneath, the same ache. Most books about this way of living pick a side. This one holds both.
Structured around eight pillars — communication, trust, fairness, intimacy, shared identity, ritual and repair, meaning-making, and shared life goals — each chapter walks through what a goodbye looks like from the Leaver's side and the Stayer's side, where the two collide, and what actually helps. Along the way, classic and reimagined parables (from the Porcupine Dilemma to Kintsugi) turn abstract patterns into something you can actually hold onto.
Beyond the eight pillars, Carry-On tackles the mechanics nobody else writes about: the handoff itself, co-parenting across the cycle, and the strange new strain of constant connectivity on people who are simultaneously more reachable and more distant than any generation before them. A closing chapter built as a working exercise is designed to be revisited year after year, as the arrangement — and the two of you — keep evolving.
Whether you're the one walking toward the gate or the one watching the arrivals board, Carry-On is for couples who want more than to survive the distance. It's for couples who want to build something in it.

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