A Perfect Nightmare: My Glittering Marriage and How It Almost Cost Me My Life
By Karen Gosbee
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“A chilling portrait of the ways that abuse can be hidden behind a glittering façade. It's also a compelling story of a woman learning to navigate pain, mental illness, and trauma, until finally becoming an advocate for her own strength and healing.” –ELIZABETH RENZETTI, author of Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls
Karen Gosbee had it all: a successful husband, three beautiful children, the homes, the cars, the jewelry, the A-list invitations. Her life looked perfect and as her husband, George, liked to say, appearances are everything. But at the height of his success as an owner of a major American sports franchise, cracks appeared in George's carefully constructed façade.
Karen could not ignore his increasingly erratic and self-destructive behavior, which spiraled from affairs and hard-drinking to prostitutes and drug abuse. Nor could she escape his abuse as emotional bullying escalated into dangerous beatings.
A Perfect Nightmare is the story of a woman's awakening to the realities of her failing marriage and her desperate struggle - one that would end in headlines and tragedy - to bring herself and her children to safety.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I read the book almost in one sitting. I couldn't put it down until I finished it. For me it was an eye opener, as I call Calgary my city for over twenty years . I witnessed the city's ups and downs, the money pouring times and the low times. I can only say 'thank you' for an honest, well written and inspiring, although sad, story.