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A Dance with the Devil: A True Story of Marriage to a Psychopath Paperback - 2008

by Barbara Bentley

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Her marriage to retired Navyadmiral John Perry seemedalmost too good to be true.Because it wasAt the start of her relationship with the intelligentand worldly John Perry, Barbara Bentley couldn'tbelieve her luck so when things didn't add up,she struggled to ignore her doubts. She kept tryingto put the pieces together unaware that some ofthem were simply missing. Even as he drained hercredit, dodged her questions, manipulated her andmisled her, she stayed with him, suppressing hergrowing suspicions. Ultimately he would try to killher, proving himself not a protector and provider,but a predator.This is Barbara's courageous, compelling story, inher own words of the slow, choking darkness thatfell after the honeymoon was over, what it took tofinally drive her to escape and start her life anew,and her tireless efforts to protect other women andhelp them learn from her example.

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Her marriage to retired Navy admiral John Perry seemed almost too good to be true. Because it was?

At the start of her relationship with the intelligent and worldly John Perry, Barbara Bentley couldn?t believe her luck?so when things didn?t add up, she struggled to ignore her doubts. She kept trying to put the pieces together?unaware that some of them were simply missing. Even as he drained her credit, dodged her questions, manipulated her and misled her, she stayed with him, suppressing her growing suspicions. Ultimately he would try to kill her, proving himself not a protector and provider, but a predator.

This is Barbara?s courageous, compelling story, in her own words?of the slow, choking darkness that fell after the honeymoon was over, what it took to finally drive her to escape and start her life anew, and her tireless efforts to protect other women and help them learn from her example.

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Her marriage to retired Navy admiral John Perry seemed almost too good to be true. Because it was?

At the start of her relationship with the intelligent and worldly John Perry, Barbara Bentley couldn't believe her luck?so when things didn't add up, she struggled to ignore her doubts. She kept trying to put the pieces together?unaware that some of them were simply missing. Even as he drained her credit, dodged her questions, manipulated her and misled her, she stayed with him, suppressing her growing suspicions. Ultimately he would try to kill her, proving himself not a protector and provider, but a predator.

This is Barbara's courageous, compelling story, in her own words?of the slow, choking darkness that fell after the honeymoon was over, what it took to finally drive her to escape and start her life anew, and her tireless efforts to protect other women and help them learn from her example.

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  • Title A Dance with the Devil: A True Story of Marriage to a Psychopath
  • Author Barbara Bentley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paper
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Books, NY USA
  • Publication date 2008-11-04
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780425221181 / 0425221180
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Bentley, Barbara, Attempted murder - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008024620
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

'Harrowing account of Bentley's near-destruction by a skillful con man during their 14-year marriage. The first-time memoirist narrates this improbable nightmare in an easy-to-read conversational style that makes it all the more unsettlingAn engrossing modern-day fable, particularly timely in the age of anonymous Internet dating.'
Kirkus Reviews

'This book is truly a page-turner a shocking account of deception and betrayal.'
Patricia Evans, author ofThe Verbally Abusive Relationship

'Powerful.'
Melody Beattie, authorof Codependent No More

Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2008, Page 1045
  • Library Journal, 01/15/2009, Page 108

About the author

Barbara Bentley entered the world of writing accidentally, as the result of her attempted murder by her husband. Her first book, A Dance with the Devil: A True Story of Marriage to a Psychopath, tells her story, which has also been featured on Dateline and in the Lifetime TV show Final Justice. She is a recipient of the Paul H. Chapman award from the Foundation for the Improvement of Justice in Atlanta, Georgia.

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