A Beautiful, Terrible Thing A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal” by Jen Waite

I found myself at a small café yesterday, rather unexpectedly, talking with someone about my own divorce, which was finalized in 2009. I don’t think anyone, in her right mind, ever intends to fall in love and then get divorced. Most people would rather tackle anything other than having to dissect and then dismember a long-term marriage. However, things happen, people change and then you find yourself mustering the courage to unravel a truly chaotic situation. This is the subject matter of Jen Waite’s heartbreaking memoir “A Beautiful, Terrible Thing.” When we meet the narrator she is an aspiring actress/model who falls head over heels for a waiter/ restaurateur named Marco. They fall in love, get married, have a baby and seem to be living the fairy tale dream until the bottom drops out of Jen’s world. She finds out that Marco is having an affair, and has been lying about pretty much everything since the get-go. Reader be warned: This is one angry writer. But imagine, your husband tells you he broke the bed frame by accident and you find out he broke it while having sex with another woman in your bed.  She describes Marco throughout the books as a “psychopath” and “narcissist” and I have to say if I were handing out awards this guy would easily win both. You wonder why a person would want to ready a dark tale like “Beautiful, Terrible Thing,” The answer is this: We can learn from how people survive the most painful experiences in their lives and rise above the rubble to triumph. Read more about Jen Waite and her story on her blog at www.jenwaite.com. To purchase this book on Amazon click here.