Can you love a man but abhor his ideology? Christine Eddy faced that choice for over a decade. Her husband, Bob Eddy, an ex-Marine and police officer, became a top-ranking member of the Aryan Nations in North Idaho. The father of her children became aide-de-camp to Richard Butler and a defender of The Turner Diaries and Hitler’s bible. Torn: Married to a White Supremacist traces the impacts of Bob’s beliefs and behaviors on their marriage, children, friendships, and livelihood.

As a deeply conflicted man, Bob Eddy sought to keep criminal activities and violence out of his Church of Christian Identity, yet zealously participated in cross burnings and gave interviews espousing white supremacy to media. Christine Eddy’s memoir delves into the painful contradictions not only in her husband, but also in herself. A woman aware of the ways she avoids or numbs her anguish. A woman who leads the local Catholic church choir and cherishes her faith in a Loving God. A woman who desperately wants to believe in her husband’s integrity. Until she can’t.

What makes a good man prey to hateful doctrine and groups? Torn: Married to a White Supremacist is an insider’s intimate portrait of the conditions and vulnerabilities that draw a man toward the dark forces in American society that emerge and grow even today.