Maria Shriver Calls Her Marriage To Arnold Schwarzenegger A 'pain And Prison' In New Memoir

US author and former First Lady of California, Maria Shriver, described her marriage with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as pain and prison in her new memoir titled, I Am Maria.

In her book, Shrivers reflects on poems that grapple with identity, grief, love, loss, longing, heartbreak and healing.

Her deeply personal poems address lifes transitions, challenges, successes and failures. Vulnerable and deeply moving, Shrivers words are a collection of her life experiences woven into poetry to inspire everyone on their journey.

Shriver shares details of her marriage from when she first fell in-love with the actor in 1977, describing it as love at first sight. However, things took a turn in 2011 when she learned that her ex-husband was having an affair with their family housekeeper, Mildren Bana.

She recalled, He smiled, laughed, looked you up and down/It happened before you knew/and then you did/ It would take you from there to her/ From love and freedom/ to pain and prison.