A Perfect Nightmare: My Glittering Marriage and How It Almost Cost Me My Life

By Karen Gosbee

Book Overview

'A chilling portrait of the ways that abuse can be hidden behind a glittering fa'ade. It's also a compelling story of a woman learning to navigate pain, mental illness, and trauma, until finally becoming an advocate for her own strength and healing.' 'ELIZABETH RENZETTI, author of Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls

Karen Gosbee had it all: a successful husband, three beautiful children, the homes, the cars, the jewelery, the A-list invitations. Her life looked perfect and as her husband, George, liked to say, appearances are everything. But at the height of his success as an owner of a major American sports franchise, cracks appeared in George's carefully constructed fa'ade.

Karen could not ignore his increasingly erratic and self-destructive behaviour, which spiralled from affairs and hard-drinking to prostitutes and drug abuse. Nor could she escape his abuse as emotional bullying escalated into dangerous beatings. A Perfect Nightmare is the story of a woman's awakening to the realities of her failing marriage and her desperate struggle - one that would end in headlines and tragedy - to bring herself and her children to safety.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1989555330
• ISBN13: 9781989555330
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Sutherland House
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"