The Cruelty of Love

They should know what they did to me...

Kate Johnson has made it to mid-level management in the IT group of a pharmaceutical company. Her intelligence, technical competence and easy-going personality are among the keys to her success.

When Kate watches a television interview of one of her ex-boyfriends, her demons of over 30 years ago are awakened. Over the coming weeks, she cannot shake the resurrected feelings of betrayal and injustice, and vows to confront the men she once loved.

She methodically conceives and carries out her ingenious, and illegal, plan. As the two men, her family and friends seek to understand her actions, Kate accepts her punishment.

The second of seven children, Theresa Nash was born in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1950. Her father was a well-known doctor, and her mother was active in community organizations. Nash earned her BA in economics and an MBA in finance. She moved to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1975 and has lived there ever since.