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leaving dissects, in gory detail, the semisadomasochistic affair Julie embarked on after the project was over, and its devastating consequences. Eric also had an affair, and when Julie's repellentsounding lover ended the relationship, she attempted to regain control of her life by becoming an apprentice butcher. So what went wrong? 'It happened for a lot of reasons. Eric and I had been together since I was 18. We hadn't found ourselves as adults. I think the crisis in the marriage was al ready there, and this fellow just popped himself right in it,' she says. It's hard not to see the publication of Cleaving as possibly her most selfish act of all. If poor Eric is embarrassed by his starring role in the rosetinted chickflick, he must be truly mortified by Cleaving, with its lurid descriptions of her affair. Worse may be to come, since Julie is in discussions to turn Cleaving into a film as well. The man must be a saint, I say. 'One of the things that's wonderful about Eric is that he knows that this book is vital to me,' she says. 'He's not thrilled by it, but he's pleased that I'm proud of it.' Has he read it?
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