Divorcing Oedipus

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Faith Nathaniel a mom in her early thirties is living the picture-perfect life. Trey her husband is tall dark handsome and in-line to take over his family's multimillion-dollar business a privately-owned drug and alcohol rehabilitation center St. Mary's. Faith matches all the expected images-she volunteers at her children's private school works with charities and co-hosts Gala's across Fairbanks. Initially she is unfailingly supportive of her husband and of her family's success. She is happy to write Trey's papers for his master's degree. She loves taking care of his very ill stepfather during the day. She delights in telling his mother how beautiful she is every waking minute.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One night in October Faith's perfect picture is shattered forever. She intercepts a suspicious text message on Trey's phone. She confronts him. He refuses to reveal his mistress's identity. Faith is anguished and kicks him out. Trey moves in with his mother. The following day Trey and his mother began to viciously attack a heartbroken unsuspecting naïve Faith. Faith is left bewildered and with a lot of unanswered questions. As time passes Faith keeps hoping things will get better but as family secrets are uncovered her situation progressively worsens.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Eventually Trey turns to opioids loses his job and as a last attempt to save his marriage he confesses his mother's plot to remove Faith from the family using Helga a middle-aged married employee and mother of five as the temptress. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Faith in despair tries to find herself; she turns to prayer God and a lover named Brad.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Divorcing Oedipus</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a whirlwind page-turner about the lives of an American family struggling with mental illness power and greed. M. Ophelia's hilarious narrative about the pitfalls of a wife trying to live her life to please others and getting gobsmacked for her efforts is a riveting realistic story of a powerless wife and mother navigating an elitist Alaskan family who employ their excessive resources to destroy her. Will she recoil in retreat? Or will she make lemonade out of lemons?</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>If you or anyone you know struggles with self-harm or substance abuse </em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>please seek help by calling the SAMHSA 1-800-662-HELP (4357).</em></p>