Strangers: a Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden

BATB score: 8/10

Best as: never seen a memoir about marriage divorce before - Prince Charming turned lawsuit plaintiff; lovers to strangers

Best to: first world problem Prince Charming left housewife and three kids for a younger kitten out of the blue - took all the money + housing, doesn’t even want custody for the children

Best for: do you really know your husband?

Best quotes: “And doesn’t it all look different, wouldn’t your own story look different, if you knew how it was going to end?”

“I felt, in my bones, an acceptance of men behaving badly, a value in not calling them out, in protecting a man’s belief in his own importance, and a premium placed on keeping such things private.”

“I was the casualty of someone else’s destiny. My despair was their happy ending.” 

“Once a woman is painted as a hysteric, the rest of the story is washed away.”