Review: Surviving divorce
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 9, 2013
Reading this book about Abigail, a Mom of two children, who goes through an unexpected divorce and later a new life a thousand miles from her home, with a consequent new job and a perspective new marriage, is like revisiting a life story that must be quite usual for a woman divorcee. The book is all about real daily life, down to the obvious problems with the children’s school, and down to the inescapable chore of the weekly laundry, so that the reader must conclude this is some sort of day-to-day autobiography.In her bitterness about the end of her marriage, the protagonist uses a good sense of humor here and there. There’s the case of a friend saying about the relationship between Abigail and her ex-husband that it is something really ‘strange.’ Well, the divorcee replies, “What can I say. We are unique.” A reader who does not detect the humor in this reply better never read this book.A must read for women who have had the experience of divorce? Well, also a man can identify with that situation.The realistic approach of the book is such that it includes the drama of a car crash involving Abigail’s ex-husband and her children. As luck would have it, even this last shock has a positive solution.The happy ending is expected, even if it has taken a long suffering. All of the protagonists are civilized people - if only with a few flaws.Many thanks to friends at Story Cartel for letting me read this book in exchange of an honest review.George Millior