Book Recommendation: “The Widow’s Guide To Dead Bastards” by Jessica Waite
Memoir That Will Knock Your Socks Off
I ripped through this June 2024 memoir. In The Widow’s Guide To Dead Bastards, Jess Waite’s husband of 17 years dies in an airport while on a business trip. You would think that his death would be the worst of her problems. She gets an inkling that she didn’t know everything about him when she accidentally stumbles on his iPad web history… I’ll leave it at that, because this memoir is a really a mystery and Jess is determined to solve it and to find a way to get on with her life. Instead of simply discovering a way to get over his death, she bravely and methodically and creatively works through it.
Waite’s writing is fresh, witty and heartbreaking at the same time. There are lol moments alongside a deftly-paced, suspense novel that is hard to put down. I can’t wait to invite the author for an podcast interview.
Forgive me the jarring first chapter. We call that “the hook.” Keep reading.
A couple of other books on marital infidelity THAT ROCK:
Happens Every Day - Isabel Gillies
Perfection - Julie Metz
A Beautiful, Terrible Thing - Jen Waite
Did you know that there is Goodreads list of Cheating Husband Books?
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