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cover of strangers a memoir of marriage, with two woodblock birds overlapping and facing in opposite directions

A Compelling Memoir of Sudden Marital Betrayal

Stangers by Belle Burden

October 8, 2026 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I make my return to CBR after a long absence due to wrapping up grad school, graduating, and recently starting a new job, so there have been a bunch of life transitions that left me both reading less and also having much less will to write reviews. I contemplated just waiting until January and trying again then, but I am countering my perfectionism and think it’s better to get back into the habit now instead of putting it off. This job is going to be […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Belle Burden, divorce

GentleRain's CBR18 Review No:54 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Belle Burden, divorce ·
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cover of strangers a memoir of marriage, with two woodblock birds overlapping and facing in opposite directions

this one brought up a lot of emotions that I’ve spent a lot of time processing

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden

August 10, 2026 by wicherwill 1 Comment

CBR Bingo: Versus, because there’s something very antagonistic about the divorce proceedings) (originally sheep, because while reading this I did feel a lot like I’d been a bit of a sheeple and Belle had been too) hot take: Can you get upset at someone for doing something stupid that you yourself did? longer take: I don’t know how to review this book in detail without getting into some personal history and details that, honestly, I don’t think about that much and are pretty well resolved […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Belle Burden, cbr18bingo

wicherwill's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Belle Burden, cbr18bingo ·
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