The book centers around the couple's marriage and is critical of Biden, noting his alcoholism, drug abuse, and extramarital affairs.

[4] If We Break recounts her first meeting of Hunter Biden in 1992[5] at a Jesuit Volunteer Corps event in Oregon when she was aged 23.

[5] The book briefly discusses Buhle's friendship with Michelle Obama[2] and the author receiving a colon cancer diagnosis after her divorce.

"[5] Kirkus Reviews noted Buhle "plays a relatively small role" in Beautiful Things, the memoir written by Hunter Biden, "while hers focuses solely on their relationship," and states her book is "remarkably lacking in both sensationalism and vengeance".

[2] Karen Heller's review in The Washington Post states "There are constant trivialities about how handsome Hunter looks in a suit and exchanges of 'I love you' between the couple.