Elizabeth’s Reviews > Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage > Status Update

“Once a woman is painted as a hysteric, the rest of the story is washed away.”

“We had all been taught to fill in the hole that men left, to be quiet about men behaving badly, to move on with grace.”

“Taylor Swift's album folklore was released on July 24, Susan's birthday. I had never been an avid fan, but it felt like the album was written especially for me. There were songs about illicit affairs, the end of a relationship (‘you never gave a warning sign’), heartbreak, mad women. It became the soundtrack of my summer. I abandoned books and podcasts. I pressed play, again and again.”