Belle Burden’s divorce memoir is a hypnotic nail-biter (washingtonpost.com) Belle Burden’s divorce memoir is a hypnotic nail-biter By Jennifer Reese 2026012813010900 I didn't expect to relish "Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage," the surprise bestseller by first-time author Belle Burden. A Harvard-educated heiress descended from Vanderbilts, Burden didn't seem relatable, nor was I keen to dive into a saga of wounding midlife divorce, having observed too many of these in real life.