Belle Burden’s Strangers, a heartbreaking memoir about the dissolution of her 20-year marriage, is now a smash-hit bestseller, topping all five major bestseller lists, according to Book Riot.
Released on Jan. 13, the deeply personal story shares the moment Burden learned her husband was having an affair, shattering the “happy marriage” ideal surrounding her life in Martha’s Vineyard, and the fallout that led to her finding her voice and strength.
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View this post on Instagram“I thought I was very happily married. I was very much in love with my husband,” Burden told NPR in April, after sharing in painstaking detail the moment she learned of her husband’s betrayal.
“This happened during the second week of COVID lockdown,” she said. “We were at our house in Martha's Vineyard, and my husband and I were having a pretty cozy time there. He was chopping wood and cooking dinner. Our two daughters were there with us. And then one night, I got a phone call. I didn't answer it because I didn't recognize the number. And I played the message, and it was a man saying, ‘I'm sorry to tell you this, but your husband is having an affair with my wife.’”
Shocked, Burden then confronted her husband who was nonchalant at first, until the next day when he packed his bags, asked for a divorce, and became someone she didn’t recognize.
Years later, Burden has risen from the wreckage a stronger woman who has found her voice. The success of her debut, published by Penguin Random House’s The Dial Press, probably helps ease the sting a bit.
“This book absolutely hooked me. I tore through it in a little over a day,” NPR shared.
Now in its ninth printing, the book is being adapted for the small screen, with Netflix and Gwyneth Paltrow attached. The 53-year-old actress, who shares Burden’s kind expression, plans to both star and executive produce the feature, Deadline reported.
Stacey Sher (Heretic) is set to produce, with Heidi Schreck (Billions) adapting the script. We will definitely be keeping an eye out for this one to drop.
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