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肮脏的约翰
Betty Broderick, the perfect Southern California blonde wife and mother, supports her handsome college boyfriend Dan through both medical and law school. When he explodes into the San Diego legal community as a superstar, Betty is finally enjoying the fruits of their labors. That is, until Dan hires Linda, a bright, beautiful young woman without baggage. Betty’s attempts to fight back and enraged refusals to accept reality only serve to isolate and destabilize her until she loses her very identity. And Dan’s cold confidence blinds him to the bear he has created, and won’t stop poking … until it’s too late.
Betty thinks she can't be divorced by her rich lawyer husband without her consent.
Through medical school, law school and many pregnancies, Betty supports Dan until he hits it big.
A worried Betty takes a desperate step to save her marriage, and it works. Until it doesn’t.
Betty sees her life has been a sham for years.
Fighting her new reality, Betty goes on the offense.
Betty faces Dan in divorce court, and it sends her past a point of no return.
Having lost her sense of identity, Betty can only see her own pain and turn it outward.
Empathy from strangers allows Betty to avoid facing what she's done, until she can't any more.
