Strangers : a memoir of marriage / Belle Burden.
"It was a great love story, one for the ages. The speed of our beginning and the speed of our ending felt like matching bookends. They both came out of nowhere. He wanted it, he wanted me. And then he didn't. In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha's Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together--building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whiskey sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume. In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was--someone nicknamed 'Belle the Good'--gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593733318
- ISBN: 0593733312
- Physical Description: 241 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : The Dial Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2026]
- Copyright: ©2026
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | B BURDEN BUR (Text) | 33114024734584 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/25/2026 |
| Albemarle Main Library | B Burden (Text) | 31010000912545 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/22/2026 |
| Alexander Main Library | B Burden (Text) | 34269001480921 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 08/24/2026 |
| Anderson Creek Public Library | B BURDEN Bur (Text) | 33630005537381 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 08/19/2026 |
| Andrews Public Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 80605001963817 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | B BURDEN Bur (Text) | 33632002307545 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 50503011230317 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/03/2026 |
| Beaufort Main | B BURDEN (Text) | 34208900281105 | Adult New Biography | On holds shelf | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | B BURDEN (Text) | 30441100995992 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bogue Banks | B BURDEN (Text) | 34208900290148 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/06/2026 |
| Camden County Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 39488900308430 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 09/01/2026 |
| Canton Library | B Burden (Text) | 33115007736612 | Adult New Biography | Available | - |
| Carver School Road Branch | B Burden, Belle (Text) | 0112525086419 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 08/13/2026 |
| Clemmons Branch | B Burden, Belle (Text) | 0112525017208 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| Clemmons Branch | B Burden, Belle (Text) | 0112525086053 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/25/2026 |
| Clemmons Branch | B Burden, Belle (Text) | 0112525086062 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/26/2026 |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 22281500164498 | Adult Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Columbus Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 31250200096786 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/08/2026 |
| East Asheville Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 0020514183464 | Adult New Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Fairview Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 0020514063211 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/26/2026 |
| Farmville Public Library | 306.81 BUR (Text) | 23900000105723 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/13/2026 |
| Forsyth Central | B Burden, Belle (Text) | 0112525086035 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/21/2026 |
| Forsyth Central | B Burden, Belle (Text) | 0112525086044 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/05/2026 |
| G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 31420621566952 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/21/2026 |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | B Bur (Text) | 30308101382308 | Adult New Biography | Available | - |
| Gibsonville Public Library | BIO Burden BURDEN (Text) | 30449000051691 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | 306.893 BUR (Text) | 900005000318013 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/12/2026 |
| Green River Branch | BURDEN / McN (Text) | 33258009095204 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| Harnett County Main Library | B BURDEN Bur (Text) | 33630005485482 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| Hatteras Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 39488400536043 | Adult Biography | In process | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | BURDEN (Text) | 33258035514635 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| High Point Library | 306.8109 BURDEN (Text) | 30519020535251 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/13/2026 |
| High Point Library | 306.8109 BURDEN (Text) | 30519020535269 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/12/2026 |
| High Point Library | 306.8109 Burden (Text) | 30519010989997 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/07/2026 |
| Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 39523000126744 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/22/2026 |
| Hope Mills Library | 306.8109 BUR (Text) | 31781069805537 | Adult Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Hudson (Caldwell) | B BURDEN Belle Bu (Text) | 50669013543229 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/25/2026 |
| Hudson (Fontana) | Bio & Memoir BURDEN (Text) | 39493108881964 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kill Devil Hills Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 39488501405213 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 08/25/2026 |
| King Public Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 30094100490454 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/04/2026 |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 39149008514259 | Adult New Biography | In process | - |
| Leicester Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 0020514035490 | Adult New Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Leland Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 31423621432720 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| Lenoir Library | B BURDEN Belle Bu (Text) | 50669013481784 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 08/07/2026 |
| Lewisville Branch | B Burden, Belle (Text) | 0112525086017 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 07/27/2026 |
| Lewisville Branch | B Burden, Belle (Text) | 0112525086026 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 08/25/2026 |
| Lexington Public Library | B Burden (Text) | 25908008544699 | Adult Biography | Checked out | 08/28/2026 |
| Macon County Public Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 39493108290257 | Adult New Biography | In transit | - |
| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | B Burden (Text) | 31554011929790 | Adult New Nonfiction | In process | - |
| Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library | B BURDEN (Text) | 31421621492660 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/22/2026 |
