Perfection: A Memoir of...

...of Betrayal and Renewal. I'm a member of Shespeaks and today I successfully joined the SheSpeaks Book Club program. Our reading selection is going to be Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal. I can't say that this is the type of book (a memoir) that I would normally pick off the shelf -- I'm more of a lit thrill/mystery/sci-fi/non-fiction/reference kinda gal -- but I am an avid reader and am generally willing to give "anything" a shot... once. (Shespeaks Book Club members will receive a free copy of the paperback edition of the book.) So we'll see...

Here's the jacket description:

Julie Metz’s life changed forever on one ordinary January afternoon when her husband, Henry, collapsed on the kitchen floor and died in her arms. Suddenly, this mother of a six-year-old became the young widow in her bucolic small town. But that was only the beginning. Seven months after Henry’s death, just when Julie thought she was emerging from the worst of it, came the rest of it: She discovered that what had appeared to be the reality of her marriage was but a half-truth. Henry had hidden another life from her.

Shespeaks Book Club members also were given a link (See below) to share a free excerpt (Chapter 1) from the book with another excerpt (Chapters 2-4) to be added soon. I'll update this post when the next excerpt becomes available.

• < Download PDF > Ch. 1 of Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal

If you're interested in joining our discussion or perhaps in reading the book along with your own book club then visit the SheSpeaks Book Club page for more information on the book and author, along with helpful book club tools.