First published 2010
Irene America's life is an open book for her artist husband Gil, who paints her portrait to build his fame. But when Irene discovers Gil reading her diary, she begins a secret "Blue Notebook" to vent her rage and frustration. As their marriage spirals into cruelty and betrayal, their three children watch helplessly, hoping to hold the family together. Caught in the crossfire, the family faces a reckoning that will test their bonds and their very survival.
Genres: literary-fiction, domestic-fiction, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
255 pages · Hardcover · Harper
Content warnings: domestic-violence, emotional-abuse