Starting with a religion-based sexual aversion, Kendra ignored every red flag imaginable. And it cost her dearly.

Her husband Tom was absent and uncaring; leaving her for years to take care of herself and the kids in a new town. Kendra's resolve to make it work was tested for 29 years in sexless and passionless marriage, until Tom's lack of drive - and some uncharacteristic violence - finally broke her will.

But when her own family betrayed her, that was all it took to pull the plug on this dead marriage.