Is your marriage ever really what you think it is? In today's exclusive subscriber episode, Mia and Amelia are unpacking the book about suburban marriage, midlife cheating and self-discovery that has everyone talking. Belle Burden’s Strangers is a deeply polarising look at a woman whose husband announced he was leaving her during COVID and walked away from their Martha’s Vineyard life in a single morning.
So, why are we all just a little bit obsessed with divorce memoirs?
Plus, they've been watching the new dark ccmedy DTF St Louis starring Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini and David Harbour (yes, Lily Allen's ex). It's all about suburban secrets and midlife 'icks ' -and has Amelia asking whether it might just be the modern, David Lynch-ian successor to American Beauty.
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- 'My husband cheated for years. Tonight, I finally returned the favour.'
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- 'I exited my 24-year marriage through an affair. Here's what it taught me.'
- 'During my affair, I felt like his secret fantasy. A decade later, I learnt the truth.'
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