When graphic artist Timothy Goodman set out to spend a year in Paris, it was to take a break from his life for the first time and do something big for himself, not for his career or for someone else. He never expected to find love, and certainly not love like this. Diary entries recall Goodman’s time in Paris, learning about French food, culture, and language, all while falling in love with Aimée who challenged him to not only love someone else, but to let himself be loved in return. However, the story shifts to a crushing heartbreak just six months later in Rome. It forced Goodman to look inward, to confront the traumas of his past as well as his own toxic masculinity, and to learn how to embrace himself and his flaws.