Source: Shutterstock/JohnGomezAs soon as Belle Burden’s memoir, Strangers, came out earlier this month, I started receiving urgent emails in my in-box. But what happened to Belle Burden is classic Wife Abandonment Syndrome, a series of events that takes place when a man suddenly leaves what his wife believed to be a happy and stable marriage. Strangers, apart from being a fascinating read, is important because it shines a light on this particular kind of divorce. Women who experience Wife Abandonment Syndrome feel that they must be the only one in the world to whom this has happened. By recounting her story, Belle Burden will help women who will now know that they are not alone—and that they too can go through it and come out the other side, whole.