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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just finished the audiobook version. It cold be because of her voice but she came across as needy, naive, and whiny. He came across as your basic damaged yet educationally privileged sociopathic man. You don't get to the position he was in his career by being a nice guy.

THAT SAID, she also takes some responsibility for the above description, or at least shows some self-awareness. She also didn't outright say it but definitely implied that he used her for her family connections from the very beginning.  I also didn't get the feeling that she was one of those super attention-seeking socialites at all. She was definitely concerned about the people at "the club" but that was more of her and the kids' support system in the Vineyard. I sort of understand that as as divorced mom myself who worried about her kids' social supports at the time. [/quote]

Agree. So may people chiming in who clearly never read the book. Yes, they lived a high income NYC life, but she was not a socialite - she even talks about eschewing that role, and they did not have a nanny for the kids. [/quote]

I listened to the book. This is not true. She did have a nanny and eventually her children attended boarding school.[/quote]

One attended boarding school, not all three. But what does that have to do with anything?[/quote]

The point is that Belle grew up with family instability, nannies, boarding school, etc. She wanted to avoid that but ultimately had a variant of the same fate/family and care structure.[/quote]
I went to a boarding school by choice. It’s not really an indicator of family instability. I have a wonderful family. For many of these schools it’s an excellent educational opportunity and life changing. For the most part people aren’t sending their kids to Exeter and Choate because they don’t want to be bothered with them lol. [/quote]

DP but your experience has nothing to do with Belle's. One kid from a stable family can go to boarding school while another (as documented in the book if you actually read it) may be completely disfuncitonal and shipping their kids off so the adults can be freed.[/quote]

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