Why Bad Marriages Dominate Our Books and Screens
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A new memoir, Strangers, taps into a wave of media that spotlight terrible husbands—from TV hits like Big Little Lies and The Undoing to Bad Sisters and All Her Fault—suggesting a cultural shift toward exposing the darker side of marriage, a trend some link to the #MeToo movement influencing writers’ rooms.
- How well do you know the person lying next to you in bed? The Economist
- Book Review: ‘Strangers,’ by Belle Burden The New York Times
- Belle Burden’s Sudden Divorce Upended Her Life — Here’s How She Lived To Tell the Tale Katie Couric Media
- NYC heiress reveals shocking way she learned of husband’s affair after 21 years of marriage New York Post
- They were happily married for 20 years. Then he left her out of the blue The Telegraph
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