Strangers

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó ΓÇ£BurdenΓÇÖs searing,probing memoir explores . . . what she learned about intimacy and her own spirit.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöPeople\u200b\u200b ΓÇ£A beautifully written instant classic. Strangers is gripping and heartbreaking and a must-read for every wifeΓÇöand husband.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöGraydon Carter ΓÇ£Asks us to examine lifeΓÇÖs most perplexing questions: Can we see the invisible fault lines in a marriage or truly know the people closest to us?ΓÇ¥ΓÇöLori Gottlieb It was a great love storyone 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 ithe wanted me. And then he didnΓÇÖt. In March 2020Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on MarthaΓÇÖs Vineyardnavigating the early days of the pandemic togetherΓÇöbuilding fires in the late afternoonsdrinking whisky soursmaking roast chicken. Thenwith no warning or explanationher husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnighther caringsteady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume. In StrangersBurden revisits her marriagesearching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lensshe 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 itshe is transformed. The discreetcompliant woman she once wasΓÇösomeone nicknamed ΓÇ£Belle the GoodΓÇ¥ΓÇögives way to someone braversomeone determined to use her voice. With unflinching honesty and profound graceBurden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunningdeeply movingcompulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.