After the Betrayal

What could be worse than the betrayal of a loved one? Someone who has been there for years, with whom you went through all difficulties and trials, who helped raise a child. How to come to terms with the fact that he fell in love with someone else?

Irina, the heroine of Maria Metlitskaya’s new book, suffers above all because she cannot forgive her husband, cannot start over, cannot pretend that nothing happened. Everyone around her says that “an affair on the side” is simply life, that all men cheat, and many of her friends, neighbors, and acquaintances have gone through this hell—some with greater, others with smaller losses. But Irina, no matter how hard she tries, can’t fit their experience onto her own life. Contents:

After the affair

Short stories

A heavy cross

What difference does it make?

Hush, hush, lullaby