A Beautiful, Terrible Thing : A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal (Paperback)

from Susan.Macura

I read this book with a mixture of dread and anticipation. Jen fell in love with and married the "perfect man." However, she should have known that when things are too good to be true, they too often are not. While she moved forward in their marriage, having a child, helping him obtain citizenshi...

from LeslieWilding

While the storyline was engaging, the last half of the book turned into an explanation of sociopathy - somewhat of a “how to” on recognizing if you are in a relationship with a sociopath.

from bookwyrmm

This starts out a tad slow, but it is non-fiction after all. Towards the end, it really picks up pace and reads more like fiction, making you pause in shock when you remember this is someone's life.

from arielfl

Shortly after Jen Waite gave birth she opened a suspicious email on her husbands account and that was the moment she started unspooling a web of lies that stretched back to the beginning of their relationship. The story is told from the past before the affair and the time after it. There is no de...

from Cecilturtle

I wish I could say to Waite's book, "I can't imagine", but I can; certainly not to the same extent and with such pain, but enough to know what it's like to be betrayed by someone afflicted with a serious mental illness who refuses to acknowledge or treat it. The courage that Waite demonstrates, h...