Picture perfect

By Jodi Picoult

Subjects: Women anthropologists, Actors, fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Abused wives, Amnesia, Large type books, Romance, Motion picture actors and actresses, South dakota, fiction, Amnesiacs, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Fiction, Married people, Wife abuse, Married women, Actors, Marital conflict, Fiction, psychological, Married people, fiction

Description: To the outside world, they seem to have it all. Cassie Barrett, a renowned anthropologist, and Alex Rivers, one of Hollywood's hottest actors, met on the set of a motion picture in Africa. They shared childhood tales, toasted the future, and declared their love in a fairy-tale wedding. But when they return to California, something alters the picture of their perfect marriage. A frightening pattern is taking shape—a cycle of hurt, denial, and promises, thinly veiled by glamour. Torn between fear and something that resembles love, Cassie wrestles with questions she never dreamed she would face: How can she leave? Then again, how can she stay?