I was surprising to me yet, in a way, comforting. To think that someone else out there has traveled that painful road, experienced the trauma and self doubt and found the resolve by connecting with other, even though it was awkward at first.

My marriage was basically dictated by a man just like Jack and the description of going through life "half alive" in that kind of relationship nails what it is like. It's a very lonely, hollow feeling. Your explanation of Sarah's inablity to identify what was wrong but being subtly aware of the demise gave me goose bumps; dejavu. I nursed my husbands poor health for quite awhile before hand

I started buying shoes and clothes to fill the void even after I discovered the infidelity. It took a year to leave, I was not strong enough nor did I know who I was after years of being told what to think or that my opinions and career were not important.

I wonder how many women stay a lifetime, never really experiencing they have value. There's a stigma to being single but to many, staying in a loveless marriage is "safer" than taking the risk.

To love again is a very frightening prospect and this book took the edges off that for me. While it may be fiction, I needed and enjoyed to seeing Sarah pull in a support network and gain strenth to move past such a toxic relationship.

Thank-you, Susan

The book was difficult to put down.

Ellie