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Podcast: Modern Love
Episode: 14modernlove-podcast-belle-burden
Description: Belle Burden was living the kind of life most can only dream of. Born into a wealthy New York family, she married a dashing attorney who had swept her off her feet. The couple had a beautiful apartment in Manhattan, a summer house on Marthaβs Vineyard, three children, and what Belle thought was a happy marriage.Then, after 20 years, with no warning, her husband told her he wanted a divorce. Belle remembers him saying, βYou can have custody of the kids, you can have the house and the apartment. I don't want any part of this life anymore.β In a mome...