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Aantal:
It was a great love story, one for the ages. The speed of our beginning and the speed of our ending felt like matching bookends. They both came out of nowhere. He wanted it, he wanted me. And then he didn’t.
In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha’s Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together—building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume.
In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was—someone nicknamed “Belle the Good”—gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice.
With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.
In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha’s Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together—building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume.
In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was—someone nicknamed “Belle the Good”—gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice.
With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.
Emma's review:
This book got me absolutely hooked! Normally I never read memoirs, but this one read like a fictional story. It tells the story of a sudden collapse of her 20-year marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic after she learned her husband was having an affair. The memoir explores themes of wealth, privilege, and female financial independence.
I loved the way this story felt like fiction and I constantly needed to remind myself it’s a true story. I think everyone has loved or known somebody who suddenly left and felt like a complete stranger afterwards. You’ve shared beautiful moments with them and afterwards you think “why did they leave?” So many questions come with that. Belle perfectly describes the true feelings and questions that come with this.
But sometimes you don’t get the answers and after a while it’s time to just let it go. People change and that’s okay. I loved that she started working on loving herself. The story shows how love can make us blind, just like the saying goes. But a quote that really got me and perfectly captures this book is: “I did it for love. There is nothing shameful about that.”
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• Auteur: Belle Burden
• Engelstalig
• Paperback
• Genres: memoir
• Pagina's: 256
• De winkelvoorraad wijkt af van de online voorraad
• Engelstalig
• Paperback
• Genres: memoir
• Pagina's: 256
• De winkelvoorraad wijkt af van de online voorraad
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Aantal:
It was a great love story, one for the ages. The speed of our beginning and the speed of our ending felt like matching bookends. They both came out of nowhere. He wanted it, he wanted me. And then he didn’t.
In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha’s Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together—building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume.
In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was—someone nicknamed “Belle the Good”—gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice.
With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.
In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha’s Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together—building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume.
In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was—someone nicknamed “Belle the Good”—gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice.
With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.
Emma's review:
This book got me absolutely hooked! Normally I never read memoirs, but this one read like a fictional story. It tells the story of a sudden collapse of her 20-year marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic after she learned her husband was having an affair. The memoir explores themes of wealth, privilege, and female financial independence.
I loved the way this story felt like fiction and I constantly needed to remind myself it’s a true story. I think everyone has loved or known somebody who suddenly left and felt like a complete stranger afterwards. You’ve shared beautiful moments with them and afterwards you think “why did they leave?” So many questions come with that. Belle perfectly describes the true feelings and questions that come with this.
But sometimes you don’t get the answers and after a while it’s time to just let it go. People change and that’s okay. I loved that she started working on loving herself. The story shows how love can make us blind, just like the saying goes. But a quote that really got me and perfectly captures this book is: “I did it for love. There is nothing shameful about that.”
- Je bestelling wordt met liefde ingepakt en binnen 2 werkdagen verzonden.
- Heb je een pre-order geplaatst? Dan wordt je bestelling zo snel mogelijk verzonden zodra het boek verschenen is.
- Boeken worden van woensdag t/m zaterdag voor 15:00 dezelfde dag nog verzonden.
- Gratis ophalen in Rotterdam is mogelijk.
- Meer info vind je bij 'Verzending & Levertijd' in de footer.
• Auteur: Belle Burden
• Engelstalig
• Paperback
• Genres: memoir
• Pagina's: 256
• De winkelvoorraad wijkt af van de online voorraad
• Engelstalig
• Paperback
• Genres: memoir
• Pagina's: 256
• De winkelvoorraad wijkt af van de online voorraad
Aantal:
It was a great love story, one for the ages. The speed of our beginning and the speed of our ending felt like matching bookends. They both came out of nowhere. He wanted it, he wanted me. And then he didn’t.
In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha’s Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together—building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume.
In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was—someone nicknamed “Belle the Good”—gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice.
With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.
In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha’s Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together—building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume.
In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was—someone nicknamed “Belle the Good”—gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice.
With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.
Emma's review:
This book got me absolutely hooked! Normally I never read memoirs, but this one read like a fictional story. It tells the story of a sudden collapse of her 20-year marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic after she learned her husband was having an affair. The memoir explores themes of wealth, privilege, and female financial independence.
I loved the way this story felt like fiction and I constantly needed to remind myself it’s a true story. I think everyone has loved or known somebody who suddenly left and felt like a complete stranger afterwards. You’ve shared beautiful moments with them and afterwards you think “why did they leave?” So many questions come with that. Belle perfectly describes the true feelings and questions that come with this.
But sometimes you don’t get the answers and after a while it’s time to just let it go. People change and that’s okay. I loved that she started working on loving herself. The story shows how love can make us blind, just like the saying goes. But a quote that really got me and perfectly captures this book is: “I did it for love. There is nothing shameful about that.”
- Je bestelling wordt met liefde ingepakt en binnen 2 werkdagen verzonden.
- Heb je een pre-order geplaatst? Dan wordt je bestelling zo snel mogelijk verzonden zodra het boek verschenen is.
- Boeken worden van woensdag t/m zaterdag voor 15:00 dezelfde dag nog verzonden.
- Gratis ophalen in Rotterdam is mogelijk.
- Meer info vind je bij 'Verzending & Levertijd' in de footer.
• Auteur: Belle Burden
• Engelstalig
• Paperback
• Genres: memoir
• Pagina's: 256
• De winkelvoorraad wijkt af van de online voorraad
• Engelstalig
• Paperback
• Genres: memoir
• Pagina's: 256
• De winkelvoorraad wijkt af van de online voorraad