2007. The world was vibrating with the future, but Erin was still on dial-up.

Newly divorced and tucked away in rural isolation, Erin is a sculptor trying to remember if love is a thing that still applies to her.

Then he arrives. Jaime. (Hi, me!)

He smells good. He listens. His body? Eh. But he has a great laugh—not a chortle.

It’s the happiest she’s ever been.

It lasts two months. Long enough to believe. Not long enough to be careful.

Then Jaime is gone.

Spare, dialogue-driven, and darkly funny, A Light and Tragic Love Story captures the moment everything made sense—and the wreckage when it didn’t.