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Strangers

A Memoir of Marriage

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Strangers

By: Belle Burden
Narrated by: Belle Burden
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 INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Burden’s searing, probing memoir explores . . . what she learned about intimacy and her own spirit.”—People​​

“A beautifully written instant classic. Strangers is gripping and heartbreaking and a must-read for every wife—and husband.”—Graydon Carter

“Asks us to examine life’s most perplexing questions: Can we see the invisible fault lines in a marriage or truly know the people closest to us?”—Lori Gottlieb
FINALIST FOR THE NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD • GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD NOMINEE

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. Divorce & Separation Relationships Women
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À lire pour toutes les futures générations.
Pas de clichés, belles leçons, juste bon.
Ne pousse pas dans l’émotion on garde un intrigue

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The author has a very monotonous and pitiful voice, which I guess is a propos but really highlights the gloominess. It was not a pleasant experience, but it was hard to stop listening, much like watching an accident. I guess the raging success of that book says a lot about the U.S. fascination with wealth.

Haunting but overrated

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a heart wrenching story that is beautifully told with lots of critical interspect. it is not sad but very hopeful.

beautiful writing

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Everything about this book captured interest, had me wanting to deliver deeper into the story and see how adversity was faced. There was a lot of beauty about how this story was told.

Beautifully Captured Transition

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