Splitopia
Subtitle: dispatches from today's good divorce and how to part well
By: Wendy Paris
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781476725512
Subjects: Divorce; Marriage; Families
Description: "Splitopia challenges outdated, negative assumptions about divorce with sharp wit, searing honesty, rigorous research, and intimate interviews, and offers guidance for healthier, happier splits"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What we talk about when we talk divorce; title: The joy of ex : my quest for a more perfect disunion; title: Principles of parting : laying the groundwork for a good divorce; title: The expanded family : break up a marriage, not a family; title: The opposite of an engagement : telling others about your divorce; title: Friends ... and lack thereof : loneliness and how divorce affects non-romantic relationships; title: Hurricane : when crisis hits; title: I love you, you're perfect (now that you're gone) : the need for boundaries; title: Don't buy your lawyer a country house : making it legal; title: Transformative acts : making it feel real; title: Does this couch match my personality? : creating a home, alone; title: Am I free tonight? Let me check with my husband : dating while divorced, or even just separated; title: Happily ever after divorce : the evolving post-marriage relationship.