Review: Amazing Story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2014
I vaguely remember when the Betty & Dan Broderick story was in the news, but I really didn't pay a lot of attention.  So glad that I read this now as I did not realize what all actually happened.  My heart ached for Betty throughout the story, not because I thought that she was blameless, but because I know what it is like to be married & divorced from a very controlling man.  I could relate to the games that got played and the acting out by Betty.  No one can really understand just how it affects you unless you have walked in those shoes.  I commend the author for spending the time to dig deep for the facts.  No one can believe just how far a controller will go to make themselves look blameless while setting up their target for all the blame.  It had to be so hard for her, after giving so much, to watch it all go away and then to be blamed for everything.  I was fortunate!  After thinking I had married a "prince", I  found out that our relationship only lasted as long as I was useful to him.  When he decided that someone else was willing to pick up where I left off, he had to find a way to make it all my fault and so the games began. I walked with nothing.  I won't bore you with a similar story, but I would lay money on a bet that Linda would have experienced the same if time had allowed.  The last time I checked, my ex was married  4 times, (all to women that were crazy) and now just lives with another because he can just throw her out when she is no longer useful.  But they don't stop trying to control after the divorce because they always know what is best for you.  It's a terrible sickness to have to live with and it definitely changes the victim (wife).  Dan was a very sick man, but most of his peers will never believe it because it is so unbelievable.  The author did a fantastic job of relaying the story and I believe that she shared as much as was possible for the reader.  I am sure that there was more that there was no room to write, nor would it have convinced any doubting readers.  One has to experience what Betty went through to thoroughly understand what Betty did.  I felt sad at the end where a couple of Dan's peers wrote about Dan.  Controllers are perfect in public; they play the part so well to hide who they really are.  His peers fell for it and they will probably never believe the truth unless they actually experience a person like Dan as their spouse.  Hard to explain, but when someone is so perfect to the world, you might want to look closer.  It is really too bad that their lives were cut short because I believe that Betty's story would have eventually been proven by Linda.  The "Dans" don't change, but their partners do.  I definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to know the real story, but you have to open up your mind because this really happens.