To Love, Honor, and Betray: The Secret Life of Suburban Wives

In this groundbreaking book, Gertler and Lopez take an intimate and sensitive look at the lives of 26 married or previously married women who either have had, or are having, an extramarital affair, or are wrestling with their conflicting emotions and loyalties as they consider the possibility of being unfaithful to their husbands. The women are between the ages of 35 and 70. They hail from various cultures, races, professions, and economic levels. Most have children. Many crave passion, intimacy, conversation, romance. And when those things aren't forthcoming in their marriages, they seek them elsewhere.