The Hero's Spouse: Dealing with Your Spouse's Midlife Crisis and Infidelity When You Don't Want a Divorce is an inspirational guidebook written by Kenda-Ruth Stumpf, an inspiring American author and marriage advocate. The book is a guidebook for people going through their spouse's midlife crisis or MLC and is based on the experience of the author. Kenda-Ruth has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds, while seeking community support for this book and she is welcoming contributions and donations. Her goal is to raise a sum of $20,000 with this Kickstarter campaign.