The Buddha at My Table: How I Found Peace in Betrayal and Divorce [Paperback]

Can you come sit at the table?Tammy Letherers husband of twelve years spoke these words on a Tuesday night, just before Christmas, after he had put their three children in bed. He had a piece of paper and two fingers of scotch in front of him. As he read from the list in his hand, his next words would shatter her world and destroy every assumption she'd ever made about love, friendship, and faithfulness.InThe Buddha at My Table, Letherer describesin honest, sometimes painful detailthe dismantling of a marriage that encompasses the ordinary and the surreal, including the night she finds a silent, smiling Thai monk sitting at the same dining room table. Its this unexpected visitation, this personification of peace, that sticks with her as she listens to her husband reveal hurtful, shocking thingsthat he never loved her, he doesnt believe in monogamy, and he wants to wrap things up with her in four weeksand allows her to find the blessing in her husbands betrayal. Ultimately, its when she realizes that she is participating in her life, not at its mercy, that she discovers the path to freedom.After her husband confesses to a decade of infidelity, a mother of three grapples with her losses, both past and present, as she learns to find the blessing in her husbands betrayal.KEY SELLING POINTS: The first chapter ofThe Buddha at My Tablewas posted on DivorcedMoms.com and picked up by theHuffington Post. It was syndicated to Germany and Australia and received more than 4,000 likes and 600 comments. A 2011 study published in the journalArchives of Sexual Behaviorfound that about 23% of men and 19% of women in heterosexual relationships reported having cheated on their partner. According to the APA, about 40 to 50 percent of married couples in the United States divorce. An estimated 30 million married US women, ages 1865, are currently facing divorce or infidelity.AUDIENCE: Women who are divorced or going through a divol³"