What a Tale My Thoughts Will Tell
Words Not to Be Forgotten
Plot Summary
What do you do when the life you built — piece by piece and falls apart right in front of you?
What a Tale My Thoughts Will Tell is not just a memoir. It’s a raw, unfiltered letter from a man who lost his marriage, his sense of home, and, at times, himself.
John Edwards thought he had it figured out: a stable career, a family he adored, a home full of memories. But life had different plans. One unexpected conversation shattered seventeen years of marriage and set him on a collision course with betrayal, heartbreak, and painful self-discovery.
This isn’t a “poor me” story. It’s a mirror held up to the messy, beautiful, brutal thing we call life — where the people you love the most can hurt you the deepest… and sometimes, you hurt them back.
John takes you back to his early days in the Bay Area, through Catholic school hallways, first loves, friendships, and into the heart of a young man chasing the American dream.
He shares the joy of falling in love, the struggle to balance work and family, the slow, gut-wrenching erosion of trust, and the desperate choices made when loneliness hits harder than any punch.
Through betrayals, breakups, career battles, and the long road to forgiveness, What a Tale My Thoughts Will Tell shows you that life’s most defining moments aren’t the polished victories — they’re the scars we carry, the regrets we live with, and the small, stubborn hope that somehow, we’ll find our way back to ourselves.
If you’ve ever built a life, lost it, and had to figure out how to live again…
This story was written for you.
