You may have known and loved your partner for ten, twenty, thirty years or more but do you really know them or is your life just a trick with mirrors?

Is it only when things begin to go drastically wrong that you become aware of and acknowledge the signs, which have been subconsciously ignored over the years in the belief that love will conquer all?

Sue Tyler's often harrowing account of the breakdown of her 23-year relationship lays bare the raw emotions and disturbing events, which threaten to overwhelm not only her, but also her family, during this difficult period in her life. Suicide attempts, sex chat-lines, abuse and violence all play their part in the disintegration of a once normal family life.

From the depths of denial, despair and disbelief, to the joys of new beginnings, of hope and the rediscovery of love and the rebuilding of trust, Dear Diary. serves as a cautionary tale to those who dare not scratch the surface of their relationships.