Structure

Love Warrior consists of a Prelude, 15 chapters, and an Afterword. The chapters are divided into Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. Part One is made up of chapters one through five and examines Melton’s life up to the time of her marriage to Craig. Part Two consists of chapters six through ten and tells of Melton’s marriage to Craig until the time when he reveals his infidelities. Chapters 11 through 15 comprise Part Three, which is about Melton’s journey of healing and the reconciliation of the marriage.

The memoir begins on the day of Melton’s wedding and then travels back into her childhood to discuss her early struggle with bulimia and her alcohol addiction. From there, the story travels forward in time with only brief moments of reflection on the past as they relate to something Melton discovers about herself as she examines her...