Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing'Hough's conversational prose reads like the voice of a blues singer, taking breaks between songs to narrate her heartbreak in verse, cajoling her audience to laugh to keep from crying' The New York Times 'Hough's writing will break your heart' Roxane Gay, author of Difficult Women 'Each one told with the wit of David Sedaris, and the insight of Joan Didion' Telegraph 'This moving account of resilience and hard earned agency brims with a fresh