The Buddha at My Table, Tammy Letherer
The Buddha at My Table, Tammy Letherer
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The Buddha at My Table
How I Found Peace in Betrayal and Divorce

Author: Tammy Letherer

Narrator: Cindy Kay

Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/06/2020


Synopsis

Can you come sit at the table? Tammy Letherer’s husband of twelve years spoke these words on a Tuesday night, just before Christmas, after he had put their three children in bed. He had a piece of paper and two fingers of scotch in front of him. As he read from the list in his hand, his next words would shatter her world and destroy every assumption she'd ever made about love, friendship, and faithfulness.In The Buddha at My Table, Letherer describes―in honest, sometimes painful detail―the dismantling of a marriage that encompasses the ordinary and the surreal, including the night she finds a silent, smiling Thai monk sitting at the same dining room table. It’s this unexpected visitation, this personification of peace, that sticks with her as she listens to her husband reveal hurtful, shocking things―that he never loved her, he doesn’t believe in monogamy, and he wants to “wrap things up” with her in four weeks―and allows her to find the blessing in her husband’s betrayal. Ultimately, it’s when she realizes that she is participating in her life, not at its mercy, that she discovers the path to freedom.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Literary on June 17, 2019

The Buddha at My Table is an intensely felt memoir of betrayal, divorce, and redemption. The author’s journey to wholeness is unsparing in its candor and inspiring to all scarred by infidelity’s wounds. 5 Stars Thanks to She Writes Press and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine. #Th......more

Goodreads review by Holly on June 02, 2018

Whenever someone says to me, “I have to tell you something,” my stomach knots up and I have a bit of an anxiety attack. To me, prefacing “news” this way says that it is going to be bad and/or hurtful so “brace yourself.” I always end up wishing they had told me straight out instead of warning me. I w......more

Goodreads review by Literary on July 16, 2019

The Buddha at My Table is an intensely felt memoir of betrayal, divorce, and redemption. The author’s journey to wholeness is unsparing in its candor and inspiring to all scarred by infidelity’s wounds. 5 Stars Thanks to She Writes Press and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine. #Th......more

Goodreads review by Tiffany on June 28, 2018

This is a title that you find yourself wanting to highlight and reflect upon, and re-read with a different eye than you started with. On it's face it is the story of a husband, Dave, appearing strongly narcissistic and cruel, casually dumping the mother load of pain on his unsuspecting wife and moth......more

Goodreads review by Rita on November 25, 2018

I have to admit, I didn’t think I’d like this book, let alone love it. The Buddha and Divorce? I thought it would be some new-agey, cathartic, self-help tome. Instead, I found this to be a beautifully written, totally engaging memoir of a fully open and highly skilled writer who has been shaken to h......more