Love’s Compass

As her young adult children depart from the nest, Liv finds that her husband is drifting away, too. What is pulling him from her at a time when they should be enjoying their lives together? Feeling abandoned and alone, Liv meets and falls in love with another man.

"Love's Compass" tells the story of love discovered at a time when new love is not often experienced. It explores a husband's quiet exit from a marriage. It examines a woman's thoughts and feelings as she tries to find her footing in a place that she never expected to be at this point in her life. "Love's Compass" is the story of love lost and love found.

Mary McAvoy lives in northeastern Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English/Classics from Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. She is working on a second novel, which is set in the mill city of Lawrence, Massachusetts during the 19th and 20th centuries.