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KAREN’S BOOK REVIEW

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

★★★★

Reviewed February 1, 2026 · Memoir & Nonfiction

In the beginning of 2020, the Burden family, like most others in New York, was isolating. They retreated from the city to their summer home in Martha’s Vineyard. It was cold in March, and Belle had no idea how long they would stay. The pandemic was terrifying on its own, she never dreamed her life would be unrecognizable in just a few months’ time. One day…

Published by The Dial Press

Happy reading,
Karen