Length50m
About this audiobook
The Habit of Leaving is a quiet, psychologically intimate novel about a man who mistakes attention for love and movement for freedom. Jonah appears thoughtful, desirable, and emotionally intelligent, yet behind that image is a lifelong pattern of avoidance. Through serial infidelity, fractured relationships, and carefully shaped apologies, he keeps escaping the discomfort of being fully known. When his marriage finally collapses under the weight of truth, Jonah is forced into stillness for the first time. What follows is not a dramatic redemption, but a slow, honest reckoning with fear, identity, and the cost of never staying. Told with nuance and emotional restraint, this novel explores intimacy without glamour, growth without spectacle, and the difficult, ordinary work of learning how to remain.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreLiterary Classics, Poetry
Length50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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