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Jen Hatmaker's new memoir, Awake , reveals what happened when she caught her husband of 26 years cheating on her and how she picked up the pieces

"My story is not special," the For the Love podcast host tells PEOPLE. "And that, I think, is what makes this story important."

Awake is on sale now, wherever books are sold

At 2:30 a.m. on July 11, 2020, Jen Hatmaker woke up to her husband whispering into his phone. Her spouse of 26 years was talking to another woman from their bed, while she was lying right next to him. The life former HGTV star Hatmaker had built as the founder and host of the For the Love podcast, author of 14 books, mother of five kids and wife of over two decades was shattered in an instant.

"Having led millions of women for over a decade — urging

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