{"product_id":"strangers-uk-edition","title":"Strangers - UK Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"imageBlockWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"imageBlock\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productImageWrapper\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContentWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otherFormats\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"strike\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVOGUE, BBC, NEW YORK TIMES, W MAGAZINE, TOWN \u0026amp; COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautifully written eulogy for the loss of a relationship'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful... devastating ...\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrangers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereads with all the momentum and colour of water-tight literary fiction'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBritish Vogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow do we go on when a loved one betrays us?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a chilly day in March of 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Belle Burden s husband of twenty years announced, with no prior warning, that he was leaving her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis decision shocked Belle to her core: she believed he was a happy man, a committed partner, and a devoted father to their three children. She thought he was a man who had settled into the life he had always wanted: a successful career, summers spent at their beloved home on Martha s Vineyard, lots of tennis. Overnight, he transformed from her steady companion into a stranger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs she pieces her life together in the wake of a loss she had never imagined coming, she finds she is much stronger than she ever expected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the transformation of a shy, quiet girl, nicknamed Belle the Good to a powerful, brave, determined woman who has learned to use her voice to expose the patriarchal structures that have forced women to be discreet and compliant for far too long,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrangers\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a must-read memoir of self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Publish date - 01\/13\/26 - paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53792754401590,"sku":null,"price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/Screenshot2026-03-18at4.47.10PM.png?v=1773870444","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/strangers-uk-edition","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}