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Book Review of Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession

Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession
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I loved her first book. It was light and innocent. I thought this book would be more of that. I read the word "obsession" on the cover but I thought it would be more of the food obsession, which I completely relate to, like her first book. I was wrong. She starts off talking about an affair she's apparently been having since college, before she was married? (the book skips around alot while she relays the backstory as a memory) then when he breaks up with her, she starts stalking him, sending him expensive gifts and having sex with strangers while her husband waits at home.
I skipped ahead to the end just to see if she cleaned up her life. Nope. She is still seeing both men and she and her husband both act like nothing is going on.