“A House Interrupted brings home to the reader the complexity of sexual addiction – from cross-addiction to codependency and enablement. Corcoran courageously discusses, in frank detail, the day-to-day battle that recovery requires not just of the addict, but those within the bonds of family and friendship. As the wife of a recovering addict, Corcoran provides an important new perspective in understanding this disease society tries so hard to ignore.”
Sue William Silverman, author, Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction.
A House Interrupted
Maurita Corcoran’s unforgettable book “A House Interrupted”, A Wife’s Story of Recovering From Her Husband’s Sex Addiction, is a must read for anyone affected by the devastating impact of sexual addiction. Filled with actual journal entries, this first-hand account is a can’t-put-it-down read about a wife’s devastating discovery that her physician husband is a sex addict. “A House Interrupted” is Ms. Corcoran’s honest, raw expression of the internal struggle she experienced during her early years of recovery. She ends her memior with practical, realistic advice for all those seeking to make peace with themselves and their spouse. This is an absorbing memior about forgiveness, resilience, and hope. With the growing public awareness of how pervasive sex addiction has become in our culture, this memoir answers the questions that spouses must face in building lives of self-respect and dignity.
Maurita In the News:
CCU graduate gaining nationwide acclaim as author
Sex addiction.
This is a problem that has probably existed as long as humankind but that is only recently gaining attention. Myrtle Beach’s own Maurita Corcoran is gaining national fame for her boldness in revealing her own experience as a survivor of an experience with a sex-addicted spouse in her book “A House Interrupted: A Wife’s Story of Recovering from Her Husband’s Sex Addiction.” (Gentle Path Press, May, 2011) Read More
Wellesley native writes about husband’s sex addiction and her personal recovery
By Lee V. Gaines
Maurita Corcoran, a Wellesley native and Wellesley High School graduate (Class of 1974) discovered the unspeakable about her husband – and then wrote a book about it. Fourteen years into her marriage, Corcoran’s husband, Brian admitted to his wife he was a sex addict. Despite the odds, the couple is still married, and though the recovery has been a long and difficult road at times, Corcoran turned her diary entries during this traumatic period in her life into a book called “A House Interrupted.” The Townsman caught up with Corcoran, who now resides in Myrtle Beach, S.C., to learn more about her experience. Read More
