Lorrie Cox Shares a Powerful Story of Love Faith and Caregiving in The Long Way Back to Love
Oregon, United States – August 29, 2026 – A heartfelt novel inspired by a true story explores marriage, dementia, and the enduring strength of love through life’s most difficult seasons
Author Lorrie Cox introduces The Long Way Back to Love, a faith-filled novel that brings readers an emotional and inspiring story of love, caregiving, grace, and the strength found through unwavering commitment. Inspired by true events, the book explores the journey of holding onto love even when life takes unexpected and painful turns.
Josie believes the hardest chapters of her life are behind her when she meets Jay. Their relationship grows into a marriage built on faith, laughter, and a promise to stand together through every season, whether joyful or difficult. But when Jay begins to change and receives a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, their future is rewritten. Josie must learn how to love someone who is slowly slipping away while discovering the woman she is becoming and trusting the God who meets her in the valley.
The Long Way Back to Love is a tender and honest portrayal of marriage, dementia, loss, and hope. Through Josie and Jay’s story, Cox offers comfort to caregivers, widows, and anyone who has walked alongside a loved one through illness and uncertainty. The novel serves as a reminder that even during the darkest moments, love and faith can provide strength and purpose.
Drawing from her own experiences, Cox writes with a rare understanding of caregiving and devotion. She personally cared for her husband through eight years of frontotemporal dementia before his passing in 2015, an experience that shaped both her writing and her mission to support others navigating similar journeys.
Beyond her work as an author, Lorrie Cox is a Realtor, widow, mother, Nana, and world traveler who believes every chapter of life still has meaning and purpose. She is also a Principal Broker with eXp Realty in Woodburn, Oregon, where she helps seniors and families navigate important life transitions with compassion and understanding.
The inspiration behind The Long Way Back to Love began more than a decade ago when friends and family encouraged Cox to share her story. She wanted to create a book that would bring hope to anyone facing a difficult road and remind readers that no season of heartbreak, caregiving, or loss has to be faced alone.
Cox’s message to readers is simple yet powerful: love does not ask permission before life becomes difficult, but with faith, grace, and the support of one another, people can endure challenges they never imagined surviving.
For caregivers, families, and anyone searching for hope in the middle of hardship, The Long Way Back to Love offers a compassionate reminder to keep holding on, keep believing, and keep walking forward one day at a time.
About Lorrie Cox
Lorrie Cox is an author, Realtor, widow, mother, Nana, and world traveler. Her writing is inspired by the experiences she has lived, including her journey through love, loss, faith, and caregiving. She is the author of Still Holding Hands: Love, Loss, Faith and a Frontotemporal Dementia Caregiver’s Journey and Caregiver’s Companion Journal: To Still Holding Hands — A Faith-Grounded Companion for the Frontotemporal Dementia Journey.
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