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Everything is Perfect: A Memoir
The true story of a woman caught in one of the most riveting, talked about political scandals of our generation!
Seven years into her second marriage, Kate Nason discovered her husband was cheating on her. Then, the unimaginable happened. She woke to the news that one of her husband’s “other women” was at the center of a national scandal. The press surrounded her home, clamoring for details, and quickly transformed Kate’s private heartbreak into public humiliation.
Nason’s memoir uncovers the little-known side of a well-known story, unveiling a cautionary tale about the ways we deceive ourselves when we allow ourselves to be deceived by those we love. Everything Is Perfect is an intimate reveal of infidelity, gaslighting, and the silent wife at the press conference. Nason explores the roles women inhabit throughout their lives, how they carry trauma, and the lengths they’ll go to protect their children and save themselves. It’s a fierce and often funny self-reckoning, a meditation on learning to trust one’s intuition, and a case study of how one woman undid a bad “I do.”
In the tradition of Lisa Brennan Jobs' Small Fry or Chanel Miller’s Know My Name , Everything Is Perfect is a beautifully written, deeply personal, unsparing self-portrait that goes deeper than the familiar news story within.
What people are saying about this courageous book of love, loss, and resilience :
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A fierce look at narcissism and why women stay in bad relationships" – Audible Review
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Heartbreak countered by strength and courage" – Audible Review
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "...this is among the most beautifully written memoirs I’ve ever read. In fact, it’s downright poetic. Three cheers (and five stars) for a woman who has spun her misery into a beautiful, helpful, kind memoir." – Audible Review
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "To say that Kate Nason's memoir is the story of how a woman survived her husband's infidelity is like saying plants need water... A wonderful read." – Audible Review
Seven years into her second marriage, Kate Nason discovered her husband was cheating on her. Then, the unimaginable happened. She woke to the news that one of her husband’s “other women” was at the center of a national scandal. The press surrounded her home, clamoring for details, and quickly transformed Kate’s private heartbreak into public humiliation.
Nason’s memoir uncovers the little-known side of a well-known story, unveiling a cautionary tale about the ways we deceive ourselves when we allow ourselves to be deceived by those we love. Everything Is Perfect is an intimate reveal of infidelity, gaslighting, and the silent wife at the press conference. Nason explores the roles women inhabit throughout their lives, how they carry trauma, and the lengths they’ll go to protect their children and save themselves. It’s a fierce and often funny self-reckoning, a meditation on learning to trust one’s intuition, and a case study of how one woman undid a bad “I do.”
In the tradition of Lisa Brennan Jobs' Small Fry or Chanel Miller’s Know My Name , Everything Is Perfect is a beautifully written, deeply personal, unsparing self-portrait that goes deeper than the familiar news story within.
What people are saying about this courageous book of love, loss, and resilience :
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A fierce look at narcissism and why women stay in bad relationships" – Audible Review
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Heartbreak countered by strength and courage" – Audible Review
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "...this is among the most beautifully written memoirs I’ve ever read. In fact, it’s downright poetic. Three cheers (and five stars) for a woman who has spun her misery into a beautiful, helpful, kind memoir." – Audible Review
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "To say that Kate Nason's memoir is the story of how a woman survived her husband's infidelity is like saying plants need water... A wonderful read." – Audible Review
238 pages, Hardcover
Published October 20, 2022
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May 9, 2024
This book really took me by surprise. As someone who was born in the same year as all of this happened, I did not realise which American scandal was at the centre of this story before starting this book. I never knew about the Portland connection.
What makes this book so beautiful is the way it refocuses the story to one of the women that ended up being collateral damage in this scandal, without losing its empathy towards other women. After all, they were victims too.
While the political scandal forms the backdrop, this isn't a tale of wallowing in self-pity. It beautifully portrays a woman's journey in navigating her husband's infidelity and gaslighting, showcasing her determination to persevere.
What makes this book so beautiful is the way it refocuses the story to one of the women that ended up being collateral damage in this scandal, without losing its empathy towards other women. After all, they were victims too.
While the political scandal forms the backdrop, this isn't a tale of wallowing in self-pity. It beautifully portrays a woman's journey in navigating her husband's infidelity and gaslighting, showcasing her determination to persevere.
April 17, 2025
3.5. Read for my local book group. I gave it three stars for content—an emotional ride through a turbulent time in a woman’s life. I would mark it lower for writing style as she really jumped around in time with lots of foreshadowing and flashbacks within her timeline which made it (for me) an irritating read. However, we had the author with us for the discussion, and listening to her process on writing this memoir made me reconsider my rating a bit, and will admit that the discordance for me was only in the first section of the book.
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