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    Vow: A Memoir of Marriage (and Other Affairs)

    By Wendy Plump

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    There are so many ways to find out. From a mobile phone. From a bank account. From some weird supermarket encounter. One morning in early January 2005, Wendy Plump's neighbour came over to tell her that her husband was having an affair. The news hit her with an almost audible click. It was not a shock. Actually, it explained quite a lot. What she was not prepared for however was the revelation that he had an eight-month-old son living within a mile of their family home.

    Monogamy is one of the most important vows we make in our marriages. Yet it is a rare spouse who does not face some level of temptation in their married life. The discovery of her husband's second family followed betrayals of Wendy's own, earlier in the marriage, and prompted her to explore the wreckage of her relationship head-on - from the view of both the betrayer and the betrayed.

    In this compelling memoir, Wendy Plump looks at the ordeal of Finding Out, the recovery, the ebb and flow of passion, the patterns of adultery, the undeniable allure of illicit attraction, the lovers, the lies and the alibis. Frank, intelligent and important, Vow takes you under the covers. It will transform your understanding of fidelity and commitment forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateFeb 12, 2013
    ISBN9781408837870
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    Vow: A Memoir of Marriage (and Other Affairs)
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    Wendy Plump

    Wendy Plump has been a newspaper and magazine reporter for over twenty years. She has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and won several New Jersey Press Association Awards. She lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania, with her sons.

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    • 5/5
      Great insight in the psychology of cheaters and the cheated. The author Wendy Plum details her personal experience with cheating in her own marriage. Both her husband and herself have cheated in the past and she explores the lesson that she learned from it.This cautionary tale really warns the reader that affairs are never really worth it.Very interesting read.
    • 4/5
      Wendy Plump threw open the doors of her deeply personal past and invited me in. She didn't have to, and frankly I'd have been ridiculously embarrassed to be caught even taking a peek in, but she invited me, and wow... what a find.Nearly immediately after getting married, Wendy and her husband delved into the world of betrayal and infidelity. Wendy jumped first, drunk on the high of attraction and the chemical cocktail that new love brings. An inescapable desire to be honest about her transgressions, she tells her husband of her relationship, and the tight-knit ball of a close marriage quickly unravels. Wendy's book Vow - A Memoir of Marriage (and Other Affairs) is gutting and unimaginable. Maybe I'm too soon into my marriage, but the experience Wendy relays to me via these pages is thrilling yet harrowing. Almost all of us are familiar with the rush of new love, but with marriage comes fidelity... or at least the vow to practice it. But Wendy and her husband go far and beyond mere "cheating" and cross the line into multiple relationships, true loves, and children with both your spouse and your second-life love. I highly recommend reading this book. I was slightly uncomfortable all the while gripped with intrigue. This was one of those books I found I kept yearning to return to when free time found its way to me. My takeaway from this book is this - All of the feelings Wendy Plump shared with us are feelings nearly everybody has had or will have. We've all been attracted to others outside of our commitments. We've all thought about what it would be like to have an alternate relationship. There are those of us who will keep those thoughts in the fantasy realm, and there are others who will bring them to fruition. But the essence or the origin of these feelings and actions are understood by every one of us, regardless of outward protest and it's commendable that Wendy Plump is willing to share these raw thoughts and self-assessments with us.Disclaimer: This book was provided free of charge by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.