The Bigamist, Mary Turner Thomson
The Bigamist, Mary Turner Thomson
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The Bigamist
The True Story of a Husband's Ultimate Betrayal

Author: Mary Turner Thomson

Narrator: Mary Turner Thomson

Unabridged: 6 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2020


Synopsis

Now airing as the three-part documentary series The Other Mrs Jordan on ITVX.From whirlwind romance to gaslighting campaign: this is truth far stranger than fiction.When Mary met Will Jordan online, she was a single mother who’d given up trying to find Mr Right. And yet here he suddenly was: articulate and attractive, with a fascinating background. Soon they were in love, and when he proposed after a month it seemed recklessly romantic.Caught up in a whirlwind, Mary accepted that Will’s work often took him away from home, out of contact. She was his rock, supporting him emotionally when a misunderstanding led to criminal charges, and even selling everything when blackmailers threatened to kidnap their children. Together, they took on the world.And then one day the phone rang, and a woman introduced herself as ‘the other Mrs Jordan’…In this raw account of deception on a grand scale, Mary Turner Thomson recounts what happened after she discovered every word he’d said, from the very first moment, was a lie. This is her painful, humiliating truth—but she tells it for one reason: she too was once a strong, independent woman who would have read all this and thought It could never happen to me…Revised edition: Previously published as The Bigamist: the true story of a husband’s ultimate betrayal, this edition of The Bigamist includes editorial revisions.

About Mary Turner Thomson

Mary Turner Thomson grew up in Edinburgh. She has a BA Hons in Creative and Performing Arts as well as diplomas in marketing, business advice and literature/creative writing. She worked as a business adviser, marketing consultant and motivational trainer before deciding to write a memoir of her marriage to a conman and bigamist. The sequel to The Bigamist, The Psychopath, is due out from Little A in 2021, and Mary is currently working on her first novel, a psychological thriller.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie on February 10, 2018

I struggle so much with mustering up sympathy for Mary; but I applaud her courage in sharing her story. I simply cannot understand how SO MANY red flags were repeatedly ignored, especially upon finding concrete evidence of Will's other family. It actually became really frustrating to read - and even......more

Goodreads review by Alice on November 19, 2017

I bought this after going to Jon Ronson's Psychopath Night where he had Mary on as a guest. I was totally intrigued and wanted to know more, but I think the problem with this book is she just isn't an author. It's extremely repetitive, which just adds to the reader's frustration at the fact this wen......more

Goodreads review by Ronnie on April 16, 2017

At the end of this book, the author declares, "I am not a gullible 'daft lassie' or anybody's fool. I am a strong and confident woman," but it's hard to accept that self-assessment after having just read how she bought her husband's absurd lies for six years.......more

Goodreads review by Nicola on January 01, 2019

I picked this book up by chance looking for a quick read and was engrossed from the first page. This book is about a lovely, intelligent woman who was conned by a sociopath who had a string of women and children, including another wife and home. It's easy to judge someone as a fool when you hear tha......more

Goodreads review by Haley Jean on July 28, 2024

gobbled this up in less than 12 hours a wild ride. cant believe the ways this man managed to manipulate so many women and their children. did get a lil repetitive in tone and story structure towards the end, but for someone who is not traditionally a writer, the author did a great job recounting her s......more


Quotes

“A brilliant and incisive account of [Thomson’s] nightmare.” Daily Express“The most shocking Internet-dating story you will ever come across.” The Sun“If ever there was a story to prove the age-old adage that love is blind, this is surely it.” Daily Mail