Encore: the charming Italian narcissist
When Kerstin Pilz was in her 40s, she fell madly in love with a charismatic Italian man named Gianni.
The two married and began travelling the world together.
Then Gianni suddenly fell ill.
As he was in the hospital undergoing surgery for life-threatening cancer, Kerstin discovered her husband was not the man she thought he was.
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Loving my Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband is published by Affirm Press.
Originally broadcast in June 2024.
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