This reversal of fortune is not the usual way it goes for a self-assured married woman. Unless her destiny is spurred by decisions made by her ruthless husband? Yet it is hard to understand why she, a modern, intelligent woman did not intervene to prevent the situation from escalating. Was she fully aware of the deceit and treachery? As we follow the years leading up to the climax in the words of our storyteller we can maybe, just maybe, comprehend what it could be like to be married to a Ponzi schemer.