The Widows Guide to Dead Bastards, Jessica Waite
The Widows Guide to Dead Bastards, Jessica Waite
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The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

Author: Jessica Waite

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 10 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2024


Synopsis

“You will stay up all night reading this gem” (Christie Tate, New York Times bestselling author) about a widow whose life is turned upside down when she uncovers the truth about her late husband. A lyrical, witty, and deeply moving memoir of betrayal and forgiveness.

While mourning her husband’s sudden death, Jessica Waite discovered shocking secrets that undermined everything she thought she knew about the man she’d loved and trusted. From secret affairs to drug use and a pornography addiction, Waite was overwhelmed reconciling this devastating information with her new reality as a widowed single mom. Then, to further complicate matters, strange, inexplicable coincidences forced her to consider whether her husband was reaching back from beyond the grave.

With unflinching honesty, Waite details her tumultuous love story and the pain of adjusting to the new normal she built for herself and her son. “A candid, raw chronicle of bereavement” (Kirkus Reviews), The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards is also a lyrical exploration of mental health, single parenthood, and betrayal that demonstrates that the most moving love stories aren’t perfect—they’re flawed and poignantly real.

About Jessica Waite

When life handed Jessica Waite a riveting, horrifying and surprisingly beautiful story, she transformed herself into a writer. Her debut memoir, The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards, became an instant bestseller, featured by The Washington PostMaria Shriver’s Sunday PaperThe Toronto Star, and many other outlets. Jessica lives on Treaty 7 territory in the city of Calgary, Alberta. You can find her at JessicaWaite.work.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on October 15, 2024

hell yeah. or i guess hell no? honestly i come away from this book just feeling bad for the kid. this is a rendition of how a woman discovered her mentally ill husband was cheating on her after he'd died. it is not fun to read. mostly you feel terrible for everyone involved: the woman, the man, his man......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on September 01, 2024

When I saw the title and book description of The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards, I knew I had to read it. The author, Jessica Waite, lost her husband, Sean, to a massive heart attack in the Houston airport when he is on a business trip. Sean was 47 and their son, Dash, was 9. Rather quickly, Waite di......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on May 12, 2024

This is a memoir with a hook and it does its best to deliver on the opening pages, as Waite pores over a secret hard drive her husband kept. But it is a false bill of goods. The title tells you this is a book about grieving an awful person. But ultimately when you ask what this book is about, it is......more

Goodreads review by Brendan on February 21, 2024

Well, with a name like The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards, how could I not read it? Jessica Waite tells the story of becoming a widow and finding out her husband had some very dark secrets. Most importantly, he lied about more things than you can shake a stick at including one confirmed affair and p......more

Goodreads review by Cari on January 19, 2024

Yes, I know I have a fixation on death and dying memoirs. I picked this up immediately from Edelweiss, and I have to recommend it wholeheartedly. Waite's life changed one morning when her husband, Sean, dropped dead of a heart attack in the Houston airport (IIRC). Suddenly, she was thrown into griev......more