Infidelity and Other Affairs
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Kate Legge combines memoir, reportage and family history to trace recurrent infidelity across four generations in her husband’s family while reflecting on her own childhood and marriage.
She investigates the causes and consequences of affairs, drawing on interviews, archival research and psychological studies to explore nature versus nurture, personality traits, and social contexts.
The book balances candid personal narrative of betrayal and recovery with broader discussion of how secrecy, passion and family patterns shape relationships.
Legge also examines forgiveness and acceptance as potential paths toward healing, offering readers insight into the moral and emotional complexity of infidelity.
Through her exploration, she aims to help others recognise patterns and find ways to understand or salvage relationships.
She investigates the causes and consequences of affairs, drawing on interviews, archival research and psychological studies to explore nature versus nurture, personality traits, and social contexts.
The book balances candid personal narrative of betrayal and recovery with broader discussion of how secrecy, passion and family patterns shape relationships.
Legge also examines forgiveness and acceptance as potential paths toward healing, offering readers insight into the moral and emotional complexity of infidelity.
Through her exploration, she aims to help others recognise patterns and find ways to understand or salvage relationships.
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