Belle Burden is the author of the instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage. Since publication, this deeply personal account of the breakdown of a marriage in New York high society has generated an enormous response.

At the heart of the memoir’s runaway success is one of the most universal questions: how do we go on when a loved one betrays us?

Burden joins Intelligence Squared at Cadogan Hall to reflect on the journey she has taken since the book’s publication: rebuilding a life after betrayal and confronting the structures that still shape so much of modern love and relationships.

Praised as an instant classic by some and bitingly critiqued by others, the book has sparked conversations about modern marriage, financial disparity, and spousal betrayal that have spread across culture and media. Netflix has acquired the adaptation rights, with Gwyneth Paltrow already attached to executive produce and star as Belle.

Join Belle Burden live and ask your questions in the audience Q&A.

Age restriction: 14+. This performance may contain adult content. Parental guidance advised.