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A Remembrance of Something Lost

Mar 18, 2013
by Caroline Miller
"The God of Animals", Aryn Kyle
2 Comments

Aryn Kyle, author of the best seller, The God of Animals, recently revealed her long affair with a married man, one of her former college professors. In her effort to make the relationship work, she admits she spent the $500,000 she earned for her first book in an attempt to buy her way into the hearts of the disaffected family. Her efforts didn’t work and she didn’t feel less guilty. (“How I Lost $500,00 for Love,” by Aryn Kyle, More, March 2013, pgs. 68-74.l

On the surface, Aryn Kyle and I have little in common. She is young and I am old. She is a successful writer. I have yet to be discovered by most of the world. But I did fall in love with a married man once. I know about waiting endlessly for phone calls that never come and the need to meet in places unfrequented by acquaintances. As for guilt, I know about that, too, though I didn’t have $500,000 to expatiate it. I simply walked away when I realized too many people were being hurt and that I didn’t want a relationship that was dishonest. But like Kyle must have done, I bled a long, long time.

 Kyle’s bitter experience has shaped her world, I’m sure, as my experience has shaped mine. In a perverse way, she may have benefited, if there’s any truth to the notion that artists must suffer. Certainly her guilt will thread its way through her writing and so, artistically, she will have gained more than the $500,000 she lost. There is one other consolation. She’s not alone in her mistake.

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(Courtesy of booktopia.com.au) 

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  1. MaryBeth Kelly March 18, 2013 at 11:09 pm Reply
    I find Kyle's relationship even more problematic because of the added element of an affair with someone you do not have an equal relationship with: the professor and the student (others would include boss/employee, predator/young person. I have know three women so totally messed up by this kind of connection. They start out on an unequal status. Not good. And it can be a years long involvement. I have been saddened watching it play out.
    • Caroline Miller March 20, 2013 at 7:29 am Reply
      MaryBeth, You add a different dimension to the equation I hadn't thought of because my affair was one between professionals who were on an equal footing. Yes, when the relatinship is between unequals, that could be particularly devastating to the dependent partner. Thank you for bringing that up. It enhances my understanding of the depth of Kyle's heartbreak.

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

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  • Gothic Spring
  • Heart Land

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