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On Memorial Day weekend in posh Spring Lake, NJ, Bea is vacationing with her husband Lonnie and their two children. A surrogate, she is hot, bothered, and very pregnant with Lonnie’s cousin Mena’s baby. But Bea is also secretly bulimic. No one knows her secret, especially not Lonnie.
Controlling husband Lonnie has recently plopped them into the middle to upper class suburb of Evergreen, New Jersey, which lacks the diversity that Bea, half African-American and half Dominican, craves. The demands of motherhood and fitting in to this new environment, while pretending not to know that her husband is cheating on her, again, is more than she can handle.
And Then There Was Me is the story of a woman who is stripped down to her lowest point and then has to turn inward to save herself from her own destructive behavior and find the will to press on.
Poor Bea! She learned early in life how to comfort herself with food as a substitute for love, and then to throw it all up instead of dealing with her feelings. Secretly bulimic for years, she does have long periods of time when she is able to control herself. However, this "dark horse" does rear it's head when she is going through times of extreme stress, such as finding out her husband is cheating on her again (and again and again)
On the outside Bea seems to have a great life, a handsome and attentive husband, great kids, and wonderful home. On the inside she is losing it, and losing herself. She beats herself up for staying with her husband through all of his cheating, but his latest affair takes the biggest toll of all.
4 out of 5 stars from me.
I received an advance copy for review.
Controlling husband Lonnie has recently plopped them into the middle to upper class suburb of Evergreen, New Jersey, which lacks the diversity that Bea, half African-American and half Dominican, craves. The demands of motherhood and fitting in to this new environment, while pretending not to know that her husband is cheating on her, again, is more than she can handle.
And Then There Was Me is the story of a woman who is stripped down to her lowest point and then has to turn inward to save herself from her own destructive behavior and find the will to press on.
Poor Bea! She learned early in life how to comfort herself with food as a substitute for love, and then to throw it all up instead of dealing with her feelings. Secretly bulimic for years, she does have long periods of time when she is able to control herself. However, this "dark horse" does rear it's head when she is going through times of extreme stress, such as finding out her husband is cheating on her again (and again and again)
On the outside Bea seems to have a great life, a handsome and attentive husband, great kids, and wonderful home. On the inside she is losing it, and losing herself. She beats herself up for staying with her husband through all of his cheating, but his latest affair takes the biggest toll of all.
4 out of 5 stars from me.
I received an advance copy for review.
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