From Goodreads
What do you do when you discover that the person you've built your life around never existed? When “it could never happen to me” does happen to you?
These are the questions facing Jen Waite when she begins to realize that her loving husband—the father of her infant daughter, her best friend, the love of her life—fits the textbook definition of psychopath. In a raw, first-person account, Waite recounts each heartbreaking discovery, every life-destroying lie, and reveals what happens once the dust finally settles on her demolished marriage.
After a disturbing email sparks Waite's suspicion that her husband is having an affair, she tries to uncover the truth and rebuild trust in her marriage. Instead, she finds more lies, infidelity, and betrayal than she could have imagined. Waite obsessively analyzes her relationship, trying to find a single moment from the last five years that isn't part of the long-con of lies and manipulation. With a dual-timeline narrative structure, we see Waite's romance bud, bloom, and wither simultaneously, making the heartbreak and disbelief even more affecting.
My thoughts
This was a non fiction book that I grabbed via BorrowBox while I was looking for another book. It's not a book that I had heard of before finding it on BorrowBox, I was drawn in by the synopsis of it.
Some reviewers have said that this is quite a self indulgent book, perhaps it is. However, Jen obviously felt that she needed to put across her point and let people know what a rotter her husband clearly was. To be honest I don't blame her at all, I bet a lot of people would have been able to do the same if they were any good at writing like she clearly is.
I quite enjoyed the book and it was an easy read that I could dip in and out of, Due to the way that Jen has written the book it's told in a dual timeline style and we get alternating chapters relating past and present experiences to us.
The extract below does sum up the sort of bloke her ex husband is.
'Holly and Stella from the beginning have taken the same stance: Yes, Marco is a Grade A dickwad, but turning the other cheek is, in the long run, the best for Louisa and me.'
Jen has written a novel that I am keen to read now that I have read this.
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