A LOVE STORY, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE
“Those kisses carried the weight of what went unsaid.”
PAUL FOLINO-GALLO · OUT NOW
An extraordinary true story of love, family, fatherhood — and the life that continues.
Available nationally. Visit your local bookstore, library or buy online.
A LOVE STORY, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE
“Those kisses carried the weight of what went unsaid.”

THE WOMAN AT THE HEART OF THE STORY
This is not simply a story about loss. It is a story about a life vividly lived: falling in love, building a family, raising two boys and discovering what remains when the future changes without warning.
THE SHAPE OF HOPE
Storms one day. Clear the next. Nothing that arrives on schedule. Nothing that graduates to a finished state.
FAMILY · FATHERHOOD · LEGACY
“We’re not just raising boys. We’re raising future adults who will carry what we teach into every relationship.”
— Elysha
WHEN CERTAINTY DISAPPEARS
Life still requires being walked across.
THE BOOK IS HERE
Extracts, conversations, interviews, reviews, podcasts, bookshop sightings and the family at the centre of the story.
A six-page extract reaching readers across Australia and New Zealand.
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New conversations and media appearances will appear here as they go live.
NOT MOVING ON
“I haven’t moved on, Elysha. I don’t think I will. I don’t think I should. But I have moved with.”
REMEMBERING ELYSHA
