In It Takes A Long Time To Love Someone You Have Loved Before, Ausra Giedraityte probes the events both everyday and traumatic that can shape and blight the mind. An idyllic day at the beach is subsumed by the yearning for connection and understanding. An apparent case of chickenpox unearths buried secrets. A woman grieves over her beloved after his tragic death. And a Hollywood crush becomes an all-consuming fixation that threatens both her livelihood and sanity. Such themes of trauma, of obsession, and of tragedy unite these stories and others, binding a collection bound to get under the skin.