This isn’t just a memoir; it’s evidence.
by Nic Fairbrother & Shane Stanley
When Max, Jenny’s fiancé, suddenly dies, grief is expected.
What isn’t expected is what she finds beneath the floorboards of their home.
Hidden phones.
Secret laptops.
A journal detailing fantasies that blurred into strategy.
The cross-dressing partner she bankrolled wasn’t simply unfaithful
with both women and men;
he was operating as a high-volume online porn star,
dealing drugs,
and outlining a plan that ended with her dead.
But the deeper shock isn’t what Max hid.
It’s how long Jenny ignored what was happening in plain sight.
With the help of a therapist and two relentless advocates, Nic and Shane,
Jenny begins unpacking the evidence Max left behind.
As she reconstructs the timeline of their relationship,
Jenny is forced to confront something far more destabilizing.
The childhood that left her in pieces.
The husband who stomped on them.
The family that swept the shards under the rug.
The pattern.
For the first time, she is forced to see that what she called love was often coercion.
What she called loyalty was submission.
What she called strength was survival.
Breaking Jenny is a shocking true crime memoir told from the victim’s point of view,
but this is not a story about a naive woman duped by a con artist.
It is about a woman who was conditioned to normalize monsters.
Darkly funny, brutally honest, and emotionally unsparing,
this memoir traces the anatomy of trauma bonding, generational dysfunction,
and psychological control, and the painful, yet powerful awakening that follows.
Because sometimes we need to break, in order to heal.
“Raw, messy, vulnerable, and achingly human… the story pulls you in and refuses to let go.”
Writer
Nic Fairbrother is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker and writer who grew up on a farm in a small town. She studied Psychology before transitioning into film, a foundation that continues to shape her character-driven work across film, television, and publishing.
Two-Time Emmy® Award-Winning Filmmaker
Shane Stanley is a two-time Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker whose independent films consistently top global streaming charts. He directed the #1 hits Night Train and Double Threat and produced the #1 box office hit Gridiron Gang starring Dwayne Johnson. He is also the author of the bestselling What You Don't Learn in Film School, recognized by CNN and Forbes as one of the best filmmaking books of its kind.
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A life reclaimed. A truth revealed. The story that refuses to be silenced.