Bastard Husband: A Love Story

This memoir looks back on a strained romance that pushed the writer to put her own story on the page. Taking a candid and sometimes biting tone, she blends tender moments with wry, sharp observations about a partner who was hard to live with. Readers move through a mixed bag of feelings, from heartbreak to exasperation to dark laughter, all served up in a generous and unruly spread. The result is an honest account of love that goes wrong in ways that are painful, funny, and oddly familiar.