Most guys aren't as bad as the eponymous Bastard Husband but we've all had our moments and this book illustrates perfectly how our thoughtless actions can hurt the ones we love. Linda tells her tale with an unflinching honesty, humor and grace. Her book could have, justifiably, been a much more bitter diatribe but it works so much better this way. It truly is a love story.
I also think it serves another purpose and that's why I want to lend it out and already gave a copy to my mom. I have so many friends and family members who were or are in similar situations to what Linda went through and I always hear how they think they're alone. More people need to see this, not as a self help book, but merely as a story. I think people connect better that way.
