John Haslett Cuff is sure that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In a search for the reasons behind his jealousy and obsession, he remembers the shock of returning home from school to find his mother lying on the kitchen floor from a suicide attempt after one of her affairs ended. Brutally honest personal confessions about his own cheating ways during three previous marriages, a painful interview with his irreverent and adulterous mother about her affairs, and testimony by women who have compulsively sought new sexual partners reveal the causes and consequences of adultery.
Crimes of the Heart
An examination of why people commit adultery.
