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Valentine’s Day Alone — from The Hard Days Collection

The Hard Days Collection

Valentine’s Day Alone

Getting Through the One Day That Feels Aimed at You

by William “Billy” Brown

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About the book

A quiet reckoning, written plainly

Valentine’s Day is aimed squarely at couples, and when you’re not one anymore the whole culture seems to lean into that fact for two solid weeks beforehand. A short, honest guide to the run-up, the day itself, and the one idea worth carrying into it: not yet is not never.

What readers will find inside

The restaurants and reservations. Social media on the day itself. The specific pull to check what an ex might be doing. Written plainly, without cheer, for the one day of the year that seems to have your name on it.

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Chapter One

From the opening pages

Valentine’s Day is aimed squarely at couples. When you’re not one anymore, the whole culture seems to lean into that fact for two solid weeks beforehand. Every shop window, every advert break, every restaurant with a chalkboard outside.

The day itself is only twenty-four hours. The run-up is longer, and in some ways harder. This short book covers both, and closes on the one idea worth carrying into the day: not yet is not never.

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About the author

William “Billy” Brown

William “Billy” Brown
Billy, at home in Scotland

Billy is a Scottish engineer, author and musician who spent more than thirty years working around the world before he ever thought of himself as a writer.

He writes from lived experience rather than theory — about work, love, distance, and the quieter lessons a working life hands over.

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