#belle burden

[ondeadpeasantgirls]

I’m a fan or horror and gothic lit. I can stomach a ton of crap in books. Strangers by Belle Burden makes me physically nauseous. My mother raised me to hate men too much for this like whatthefuckwhatthefuckwhattheabsoluteverlovingFUCK

[authorstalker]

My March, April & May Reads

Ideas of Heaven, Joan Silber - Another ring of stories, a conceit I can't resist. The titular story is so good and so upsetting and so frightening—what I'm saying is, someone should get Joan Silber a movie deal stat.

This Is Not About Us, Allegra Goodman - Just a pleasure to read, a lovely way to spend your time. It's a family saga that opens with two sisters feuding over a cake recipe, which should be more than enough information to convince you to pick up a copy.

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, Belle Burden - Well-written, compelling, extremely fun to gossip about with fellow readers. Note: you can 100% skip the chapter intros about the nesting ospreys.

Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke - It really goes off the rails towards the end, but I couldn't stop reading — it's the fastest I've finished a book in months.

You Can Never Die: A Graphic Memoir, Harry Bliss - I loved this so much, a book I borrowed because I follow the dude on Instagram and I enjoy his whacky videos. Said dude is a New Yorker cartoonist who also illustrated and co-wrote a few books with that dreamboat Steve Martin. It's basically a collection of journal entries with accompanying drawings, all about Bliss's childhood and difficult family, his journey as an artist, and his everyday life with his dog. Oh, and about how he spends half the year living in J.D. Salinger's former house in New Hampshire. I'm telling you, it's fascinating!

[fri-die]

The speed of our beginning and the speed of our ending, of his exit, felt like matching bookends. They both came out of nowhere. They both left me reeling. In both instances, he was definitive, certain. There was no gray area. The switch went on, and then it went off. He wanted it, he wanted me. And then he didn’t.

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden

[judgingbooksbycovers]

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

By Belle Burden.

[redrosecut]

Strangers has given me a lot to think about how men get protected even when playing dirty, and women are always judged negatively and supposed to take everything with grace and kindness. It makes me so fucking angry.

[redrosecut]

I'm currently reading the German translation of Belle Burden's Strangers and this book or rather her husband James makes me so fucking angry. I can really feel her desperation, disbelieve and pure anger and I've only reached Part II so far.

As tumblr likes to say: Rest in piss, James.

[meetmarky]

strangers by belle burden | ★★★★☆

i read this memoir in one day, and throughout it, i wavered between feeling devasted, and also unconcerned. yes, it’s devastating that a man, someone you loved and trusted for 20+ years, so nonchalantly decided to leave you and your kids, and of course right at the beginning of a pandemic. that is gut-wrenching and horrible. but also, this family is part of the wealthy .1%. miss girl was “quarantining” at Martha’s vineyard (i use quotes because is it really quarantining if you own land that’s the size of a football field?)

during the separation, she worried less about childcare and making ends meet, and more about what people at the country club thought of her (but also, she’s valid in her worry of the social implications of a separation, too) lol. i literally alternate between being empathetic and callous because while her husband was absolutely a villain (asking her to make him a sandwich was an incredible low blow, just wow), her wealth shielded her from a lot of the unfair burden that other women face in these situations.

i mean, this book taught me that there are beaches locked behind “beach keys” and ownership is passed down by generations… for one of his gifts to her, he surprised her with a beach key lol.

did i also tell you her grandmother was a famous actress and her family has ties with CBS and the Vanderbilt family?

all that said, i am giving it 4 stars because i clearly enjoyed reading this, and my nosy self had to look up all the reddit threads spilling all the tea LOL. looking forward to watching gwenyth paltrow act her ass off

[singinginthecar]

hi has anyone here read 'strangers' by belle burden or is reading it currently.... i need to discuss this book with someone!!!!