Strangers

<p>THE INSTANT #1<i> NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER<br><br><b>The empowering, must-read memoir of the end of a marriage and the start of a personal revolution, perfect for readers of Glennon Doyle and Miranda July.</b><br><br><br>AS SEEN ON THE OPRAH WINFREY PODCAST<br>A BEST BOOK FOR SUMMER FOR <i>THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, BRITISH VOGUE, AND MORE!</i><br>SET TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX PRODUCTION STARRING GWYNETH PALTROW<br><br><b>'A beautifully written eulogy for the loss of a relationship' </b>Joyce Carol Oates, award-winning author of <i>Blonde</i><br><br> More than a memoir of divorce, it is <b>a powerful testament to reclaiming voice, power, and joy.</b> Adrienne Brodeur, bestselling author of <i>Wild Game</i><br><br> So <b>engaging</b>, so <b>addictive </b> <i>Vogue</i><br><br>-----<br><br><b>How do we go on when a loved one betrays us?</b><br><br>On a chilly day in March of 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Belle Burden s husband of twenty years announced, with no prior warning, that he was leaving her.<br><br>His decision shocked Belle to her core: she believed he was a happy man, a committed partner, and a devoted father to their three children. She thought he was a man who had settled into the life he had always wanted: a successful career, summers spent at their beloved home on Martha s Vineyard, lots of tennis.<br><br>Overnight, he transformed from her steady companion into a stranger.<br><br>As she pieces her life together in the wake of a loss she had never imagined coming, she finds she is much stronger than she ever expected. Belle reflects on her transformation from a shy, quiet girl, nicknamed Belle the Good to a powerful, brave, determined woman. A woman who has learned to use her voice to expose the patriarchal structures that have forced women to be discreet and compliant for far too long.<br><br><b>Based on Belle s popular Modern Love essay<i>,</i> <i>Was I Married to a Stranger?, </i>this is the emotional and empowering memoir of self-discovery and what it means to finally be heard.</b><br><br><u>Praise for <i>Strangers:</i></u><br><b>'A beautifully written </b>eulogy for the loss of a relationship' Joyce Carol Oates, award-winning author of <i>Blonde</i><br><br><b> Incredibly, incredibly well done. I inhaled it</b> Zara McDonald, host of 'Shameless'<br><br> A beautifully written instant classic. Strangers is<b> gripping and heartbreaking and a must-read for every wife-and husband. </b>Graydon Carter, bestselling author of <i>When The Going Was Good</i><br><br> A <b>beautiful</b> memoir: Hard-won, incandescently honest, and <b>ultimately affirming</b>. Elise Loehnen, bestselling author of <i>On Our Best Behavior</i><br><br> If you've ever been ghosted, gaslit or dumped by text, this divorce memoir is <b>the book you need to read</b> <i>Good Housekeeping</i><br><b> <br> I devoured<i> Strangers</i></b> in about two days, greedily absorbing every twist and painful turn <b> I loved it.</b> <i>Telegraph</i><br><br><b>'Beautiful [and] devastating ... </b><i>Strangers</i> reads with all the momentum and colour of water-tight literary fiction' <i>British Vogue</i> <br><br> Has the pacing of a true crime novel, while being <b>deeply personal and evocatively written</b>. <i>The Independent</i><br><br><b> A game-changer </b>in the conversations and attitudes around infidelity <i>Irish Independent</i></p>