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Nora discovers that her husband has been involved with her best friend for over four years. Her rage, her betrayal, and her vindictive behavior are handled with remarkable honesty by narrator Renée Raudman. Nora could have become shrill as she is tormented by grief, but Raudman maintains tonal control without losing Nora's anguish. As Nora attempts to cope with her disintegrating marriage, her psychotic ex-boyfriend reappears, and she must confront her own long-buried past. Much more than the age-old story of a wife who's the last to know of her husband's deception, this is also a cautionary tale about dangerous secrets left to fester and the damage they inevitably cause. Raudman's dynamic performance and Morris's emotionally wrenching storytelling make this one listeners won't want to miss. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2009]