I'm thrilled to announce that my memoir was acquired by Elisabeth Dyssegaard at St. Martin's Press and will be published next summer. Check back on this page for more news.

I'm thrilled to announce that my memoir, If It's True, I'd Want to Know, will be published by St. Martin's Press next summer. The book begins with the arrival of an ominous text - and leads me to investigate the man I loved and thought I knew. It examines the way that old traumas - my ex-husband is a Vietnam vet, I'm a survivor of childhood harm - set the stage for the collapse of our long marriage. Writing with compassion and honest self-inquiry, I claim a resilience and joy I didn't know was possible.

For more information about the book, please contact me.

A stunning memoir of betrayal in the vein of Belle Burden's Strangers, Maggie Smith's You Could Make This Place Beautiful, and Jen Hatmaker's Awake

It’s the middle of the pandemic and Patty's husband hasn’t left her side in months. After

a long, eventful marriage, she felt closer to him than she ever remembered. Oh, it’s

you, she thought as she looked at him. You’re the man I fell in love with.

Then she receives an ominous text message hinting at a secret in her marriage. More

texts arrive, then a barrage of mysterious phone calls, leading Patty on a long and

devastating investigation into the man she loved and thought she knew. Part memoir,

part detective story, If It's True, I'd Want to Know, is for anyone who’s ever wondered if

they really know their partner. It’s a riveting story – harrowing in its depiction of Patty's

pain and compulsively readable as she delves into the darkest questions about her

marriage.

Eventually, she sees that the real questions are: Who am I, and who am I going to be

now? 

In the end, she finds a sense of self that's hers to keep. 

More than one woman’s story, If It's True, I' Want To Know examines the narrative

imposed on many women, how the long half-life of trauma can hobble a life and how a

woman’s trust can be used against her. Most of all, it shows how, in the wake of almost

unbelievable betrayal, it is possible to write a new story – one of empowerment and joy. 

Threaded through with a journalist's determination for uncovering the messy truth, and

with a grace that’s stunning in its generosity, this beautifully written memoir is an

intimate account of heartbreak -- and an inspiring story of a woman who emerges

stronger and more alive than ever. *