What do you do when you discover that the person you've built your life around never existed? When "it could never happen to me" does happen to you?
Jen Waite lives in Maine with her young daughter.
Praise for A Beautiful, Terrible Thing
“Waite has a knack for showing the ways that cognitive dissonance
can chart pathways in the mind that cause emotional confusion to
obscure rational thought.”—Meghan Daum, New York Times Book
Review
“[Waite's] memoir is a great source of strength.”—Hello Giggles
“A powerful memoir.”—The New York Post
“Heartbreaking and riveting.”—Bustle
“Like Big Little Lies, A Beautiful Terrible Thing is
a startling reminder that fairy tales aren’t real. A master class
in suspenseful storytelling, Jen Waite recounts the lies,
betrayals, and infidelity she endured with unrestrained honesty and
deft candor. I couldn’t turn away.”—Jillian Lauren, New York Times
bestselling author of Some Girls: My Life in a Harem and Everything
You Ever Wanted
“How do we really know the ones we love? Sometimes we don't, and in
Jen Waite's harrowing, deeply intimate memoir, she gradually comes
to discover that the husband she adores might actually be a
sociopath. As raw and ragged as the edge of a blade, what makes
this book so chilling is that it's truly possible to fall in love
with evil, and it can happen to anyone. Be forewarned: you won't
sleep until you finish the last page.”—Caroline Leavitt, author
of Cruel Beautiful World and the New York
Times bestsellers, Pictures of You and Is This
Tomorrow
“Gripping from start to finish. A compelling and cautionary tale
about how the longing to be adored and live inside a fairy tale
makes you vulnerable to those charming sociopaths in search of
someone to exploit.”—Joe Burgo, PhD, author of The Narcissist
You Know
“A twisting, compulsively readable story of devastating betrayal
and survival. I could not put this book down.”—Leigh Stein, author
of Land of Enchantment
“Jen Waite has illuminated the experience of betrayal with
important and lyric light. Robert Mapplethorpe said, ‘Nothing is
finished until you see it.’ I would add that nothing is
finished until you tell it as well and as fairly as she
has.”—Suzanne Finnamore, bestselling author of Otherwise Engaged
and Split
“A dramatic and powerful case study of dating and marrying someone
who may have a hidden personality disorder. Without knowing the
warning signs, you too can be caught by surprise.”—Bill Eddy, LCSW,
JD, coauthor of Splitting
“A woman discovers her husband is not whom she thought he was.
[T]ension, disbelief, and grief permeate the pages...Those who have
been in a manipulative partnership with a narcissistic or abusive
person will find Waite’s honest retelling relevant and
potent.”—Kirkus Reviews
“In this emotionally charged memoir, Waite describes how the man
she married turned out to be not at all what he seemed. A
well-written and at times gripping story of deceit.”—Publishers
Weekly
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