A Woman Betrayed - by Barbara Delinsky (Paperback)

About the Book

With a 20-year marriage, two terrific kids, and a successful career, Laura Frye has everything she could ask for, until her husband mysteriously disappears. As Jeff's many secrets come to light, she is left with a shocking picture of the man she married . . . and a world that is falling apart.

From the Back Cover

A classic novel from an exceptional storyteller, A Woman Betrayed, first published in 1991, is a stunning tale of troubling secrets that can hide beneath the placid surface of a seemingly good marriage--and the courage that's needed to move on.

Laura Frye has been happily married to her husband, Jeff, for twenty years. She has everything she ever wanted: strong, enduring, romantic love; two wonderful kids; even her own successful catering business. But her picture-perfect world shatters into a thousand pieces when Jeff mysteriously disappears.

Laura is certain the man she married would never leave his family voluntarily. But as the days go by, she learns there was much more to her husband than she had ever suspected. As Jeff's many secrets come to light, Laura is left to wonder how well she really knew him--or if she knew him at all. In the wake of emotional disaster--with all she cherished in ruins around her--she will have to reach deep inside herself for the strength and will to hold her family together and somehow reclaim her life.

Review Quotes

"Barbara Delinsky knows the human heart and its immense capacity to love and to believe." - Washington (PA) Observer-Reporter
"Delinsky is an expert at portraying strong women characters." - Booklist
"An engaging writer who knows how to interweave several stories about complex relationships, and keep her books interesting to the end. Her special talent for description gives the reader almost visual references to the surroundings she creates." - Newark Star Ledger