{"product_id":"innocent-spouse-a-memoir-9780307592095","title":"Innocent Spouse: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat would you do if  just weeks after your spouses sudden death  you found out he was keeping secrets? Big secrets. Secrets that could cost you millions of dollarsand brand you as a criminal. Innocent Spouse is an eye-opening memoir that asks a provocative and disturbing question: Is it possible to really know and trust someone  even your spouse?  Carol Ross Joynt was a successful television producer in Washington  D.C. Her husband  Howard  owned Nathans  a legendary restaurant in Georgetown. From an outsiders perspective  Carol and Howard lived a fairy-tale lifespending weekends at their Chesapeake Bay estate  rubbing shoulders with New Yorks and Washingtons elite  and raising their beloved son  Spencer. But everything changed with Howards sudden death when Spencer was only five years old.  Like any widow  Carol was devastated because she lost the love of her life and her sons father. But soon Carol had much more to cope with than her grief and new life as a single parent. As she was forced to take over her familys legal and financial responsibilities  as well as run Howards restaurant on her own  Carol discovered that her husband had secrets  and one of them  an almost $3 million debt to the IRS  threatened to derail her entire life. And even though Carol didnt know anything about the tax fraudfinances had always been Howards departmentno one cared. As his surviving spouse  legally  Carol was responsible.  As Carol picks up the pieces of her fractured life and copes with her sadness and anger  she learns to become something shed never been before: self-sufficient. Poignant  eye-opening  and at times heartbreaking  Innocent Spouse is ultimately an inspiring story of strength and newfound independence in the face of loss and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67902273945653,"sku":"ByrdShop_030759209X","price":26.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307592095.jpg?v=1793821485","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/innocent-spouse-a-memoir-9780307592095","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}