Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal - Couverture rigide

Metz, Julie

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1401322557 ISBN 13 : 9781401322557

Editeur : Hachette Books, 2009

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Julie Metz's life changes forever on one ordinary January afternoon when her husband, Henry, collapses on the kitchen floor and dies in her arms. Suddenly, this mother of a six-year-old is the young widow in a bucolic small town. And this is only the beginning. Seven months after Henry's death, just when Julie thinks she is emerging from the worst of it, comes the rest of it: She discovers that what had appeared to be the reality of her marriage was but a half-truth. Henry had hidden another life from her.

"He loved you so much." That's what everyone keeps telling her. It's true that he loved Julie and their six-year-old daughter ebulliently and devotedly, but as she starts to pick up the pieces and rebuild her life without Henry in it, she learns that Henry had been unfaithful throughout their twelve years of marriage. The most damaging affair was ongoing--a tumultuous relationship that ended only with Henry's death.

For Julie, the only thing to do was to get at the real truth--to strip away the veneer of "perfection" that was her life and confront each of the women beneath the veneer. Perfection is the story of Julie Metz's journey through chaos and transformation as she creates a different life for herself and her young daughter. It is the story of coming to terms with painful truths, of rebuilding both a life and an identity after betrayal and widowhood. It is a story of rebirth and happiness--if not perfection.

Revue de presse :

When I read Julie Metz's Perfection, I inhaled every word! I loved it, not just for the raw facts of Julie's ordeal but even more for the lyrical, insightful point of view from which it was written. Julie writes close to the bone as she searches for meaning and embraces the beauty of an imperfect life. --Sarah Landis

Perfection is a gutsy account of what happens when you discover that your life has been one big fat lie. Or rather, quite a few big fat lies, one after another. The first half - and the best - is based on a journal she wrote when she was grieving and the emails she fired off to friends when she found out the truth about Henry and was forced to ask herself: who exactly was I married to? Who the hell have I been mourning? She is full of rage, laying herself bare in such a visceral and heartfelt way that you realise it's rare to find a book by a woman who is so bloody angry. --Observer Woman

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hachette Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1401322557
• ISBN 13: 9781401322557
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352