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Random House
May 2011
On Sale: May 10, 2011
288 pages
ISBN: 030759209X
EAN: 9780307592095
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
What would you do if, just weeks after your spouse's sudden death, you found out he was keeping secrets? Big secrets. Secrets that could cost you millions of dollarsβand 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 outsiderβs perspective, Carol and Howard lived a fairy-tale lifeβspending weekends at their Chesapeake Bay estate, rubbing shoulders with New Yorkβs and Washingtonβs elite, and raising their beloved son, Spencer. But everything changed with Howardβs 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 sonβs 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 familyβs legal and financial responsibilities, as well as run Howardβs 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 didnβt know anything about the tax fraudβfinances had always been Howard's departmentβno 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 sheβd 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.
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