If We Break

If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction and Healing
AuthorKathleen Buhle
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublishedJune 14, 2022
PublisherCrown Publishing Group
Pages300
ISBN9780593241073

If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction and Healing is a 2022 memoir by Kathleen Buhle, the former wife of Hunter Biden. The book centers around the couple's marriage and is critical of Biden, noting his alcoholism, drug abuse, and extramarital affairs.

Publication

The 300-page[1] book was published on June 14, 2022,[2] by Penguin Random House subsidiary Crown Publishing Group.[3] It was written by Kathleen Buhle, previously known as Kathleen Biden, and published while Buhle's former father-in law, Joe Biden, was the president of the United States, and a year after her former husband, Hunter Biden, published his memoir Beautiful Things.[1][2] Professional writer Susan Conley assisted Buhle in the writing of the book.[1] Prior to publication, parts of the book were published by People.[4]

Synopsis

If We Break recounts her first meeting of Hunter Biden in 1992[5] at a Jesuit Volunteer Corps event in Oregon when she was aged 23.[1] After Buhle became pregnant, the couple wed in 1993.[1][5]

Buhle writes about Biden's tax problems and alcoholism during the 2000s.[5] The book recounts Biden entering rehabilitation programs in 2003 and again in 2012.[6] Buhle describes Hunter Biden's drinking worsening after his brother Beau Biden received a terminal cancer diagnosis.[6] Buhle is critical of Biden, accusing him of nastiness towards her, especially the implication that she lacked intelligence.[5] If We Break notes Biden's extramarital affairs, including with his brother's widow Hallie Olivere Biden.[1] Buhle writes that Biden admitted five affairs with sex workers.[6]

The book also recounts Biden's expulsion from the United States Navy for cocaine use.[5] Buhle notes her ongoing acceptance of lies from Biden[1] prior to the couple's 2017 divorce.[5] The book briefly discusses Buhle's friendship with Michelle Obama[2] and the author receiving a colon cancer diagnosis after her divorce.[6]

Critical reception

Lloyd Green, in a review for The Guardian, wrote that "A lot revolves around Hunter," and describing the memoir as "another addition to the canon of opposition research on the Bidens, should Joe Biden run for re-election."[5] Kirkus Reviews noted Buhle "plays a relatively small role" in Beautiful Things, the memoir written by Hunter Biden, "while hers focuses solely on their relationship," and states her book is "remarkably lacking in both sensationalism and vengeance".[2] Karen Heller's review in The Washington Post states "There are constant trivialities about how handsome Hunter looks in a suit and exchanges of 'I love you' between the couple. Note to memoir authors: Don't do this."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Heller, Karen (14 June 2022). "Hunter Biden's ex opens up about why she stayed — and why she left". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "If We Break". Kirkus Reviews. 2022. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "If We Break by Kathleen Buhle". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  4. ^ Pengelly, Martin (June 8, 2022). "'Biden blood only': Hunter Biden's ex-wife describes Secret Service exclusion". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Green, Lloyd (June 19, 2022). "If We Break review: Hunter Biden as horror husband and political problem". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-07-28. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d Kirkpatrick, Emily (June 14, 2022). "Hunter Biden's Ex-Wife Kathleen Buhle Details Years of His Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, and Infidelity in New Memoir If We Break". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2023.

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