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Divorce
Busting : A Revolutionary and Rapid Program for Staying Together by Michele Weiner-Davis |
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Fireside Paperback - 252 pages Reprint edition (February 1993) |
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| Book Description In this ground-breaking book, Michele Weiner-Davis gives straightforward, effective advice on how couples can stay together instead of come apart. Using case histories to illustrate her marriage-enriching, divorce-preventing techniques, which can be used even if only one partner participates,... Read more
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Mom's
House, Dad's House : A Complete Guide for Parents Who Are Separated,
Divorced, or Remarried by Isolina, Ph.D. Ricci |
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Fireside Paperback - 381 pages Revised edition (November 1997) |
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| Amazon.com According to the Stepfamily Association of America, 60 percent of all families are breaking up, and custody and visitation issues loom large in the lives of many parents. Isolina Ricci's Mom's House, Dad's House guides separated, divorced, and remarried parents through the hassles and confusions of... Read more
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Rebuilding
: When Your Relationship Ends by Bruce Fisher |
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| Esther Oshiver Fisher,
J.D., Journal of Divorce "...a handbook for the divorcing and divorced that is authentic and which they can employ in the rebuilding of their own lives." --This text refers to the paperback edition of this title Read more
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Helping
Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way by M. Gary Neuman, Patricia Romanowski (Contributor) |
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Random House Paperback - 460 pages 1 Pbk Ed edition (August 1, 1999) |
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| Amazon.com Kids tend to blame themselves when parents divorce. The Sandcastles workshop--now mandatory in over a dozen counties throughout the United States--is a half-day group session for children of divorce between the ages of 6 and 17. This intensive workshop helps kids open up and deal with their feelings... Read more
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Crazy
Time : Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life by Abigail Trafford |
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Harperperennial Library Paperback - 304 pages Revised edition (January 1993) |
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| Philadelphia Inquirer "A common-sense, compassionate, human book about the crazy process that more than half of us go through. This should be required reading with all marriage licenses." Read more
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It's
Not Your Fault, Koko Bear : A Read-Together Book for Parents & Young
Children During Divorce by Vicki Lansky, Jane Prince (Illustrator) |
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Book Peddlers Paperback - 32 pages (February 1998) |
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| Amazon.com How do you talk to your children about your divorce? How can you best handle their responses? Here's a children's book and parenting tool rolled into one. It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear is a picture book designed to be read by parents to their children. Koko Bear's parents are getting a divorce, and... Read more
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Case
Against Divorce by Diane Medved |
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Ivy Books Mass Market Paperback Reprint edition (October 1993) |
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| Book Description Despite the pain, the emotional turmoil, the fights and the tears, marital problems can be solved -- without ending in a trauma that will haunt you and your family for years. Written by a renowned clinical psychologist, this reassuring book reveals how your family, your friends, and even society at... Read more
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Vicki
Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents : Helping Your Children Cope With
Divorce and Its Aftermath by Vicki Lansky |
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Book Peddlers Paperback - 240 pages 3rd edition (March 1996) |
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| Amazon.com Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents is a pragmatic yet warm and understanding guide for parents and children on just about every aspect of divorce. From tips on talking to the kids about it, to information on negotiating the realities of custody and child support, Lansky demystifies the divorce... Read more
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Divorce
and Money : How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce
(4th) by Violet Woodhouse, et al |
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Nolo.com Paperback - 296 pages 4th edition (July 1998) |
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| Amazon.com Anger and hurt tend to figure strongly in divorce, hand-in-hand with resentment, sadness, and fear about your future. And more often than not, these emotional woes all coalesce under the banner of money. Nolo Press is known for its thorough research and user-friendly approach to legal matters, and... Read more
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Uncoupling
: Turning Points in Intimate Relationships by Diane Vaughan |
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Vintage Books Paperback Reprint edition (September 1990) |
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| Book Description Now in trade paperback, the ground-breaking and carefully documented book that shows how couples come apart. Read more
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Ask
the Children : What America's Children Really Think About Working
Parents by Ellen Galinsky |
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William Morrow & Co Hardcover - 384 pages (October 1999) |
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| From Booklist
September 15, 1999 Galinsky is president and cofounder of the Families and Work Institute, and her new sociological field study of work and family life, which takes society's burning work issues to the children, was embargoed due to a first serial agreement with Newsweek until the end of August. It may not be Kinsey,... Read more
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Co-Parenting
After Divorce : How to Raise Happy, Healthy Children in Two-Home
Families by Diana Shulman |
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Winnspeed Press Paperback - 136 pages (September 1997) |
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| A reviewer,
January 15, 2000 Co-Parenting After Divorce This little book was incredibly comforting and helpful through some really stressful moments. The best part was that I actually convinced my ex (or, I should say "co-parenting partner") to read it! - an amazing feat. I recommend to everyone experiencing this painful process. Read more
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Joint
Custody With a Jerk : Raising a Child With an Uncooperative Ex by Julia A. Ross, et al |
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St. Martin's Press Paperback 4 edition (April 1996) |
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| Synopsis This hands-on, practical guide offers many proven comunication techniques that will not only help readers deal with a difficult ex-husband ot ex0wife by describing examples of common problems, but also teach them how to examine their roles in these sticky situations. Read more
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My
Parents Still Love Me Even Though They're Getting Divorced : An
Interactive Tale for Children by Lois V. Nightingale, Blanca Apodaca (Illustrator) |
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Nightingale Rose Pubns Paperback - 128 pages (August 1997) |
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| The author, Dr.
Lois Nightingale , June 23, 1998 Reading this book with a child can make a difference! I have been deeply touched by the international response to my book! Parents, grandparents, counselors and teachers are helping thousands of children during a frightening and disruptive time of their lives. Working through this book with a caring adult, coloring pictures together and sharing... Read more
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The
Smart Divorce: A Practical Guide to the 200 Things You Must Know by Susan T. Goldstein, Valerie H. Colb |
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Golden Books Pub Co (Adult) Paperback - 192 pages (May 1999) |
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| Book Description Anyone thinking about divorce needs a reliable source of information that can keep it from becoming an expensive, heart-rending mess. In a convenient format, The Smart Divorce helps readers confront the most common questions and concerns, explaining what to do and what not to do; what to fear and... Read more
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The
Good Divorce : Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes
Apart by Constance Ahrons |
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Harpercollins Paperback - 320 pages Reprint edition (June 1995) |
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| From Booklist
, October 15, 1994 Nothing is likely to make divorce pleasant or easy, but Ahrons' landmark longitudinal study of randomly selected postdivorce families offers hope that splitting spouses may be able to handle their breakup in a way that will permit both "adults and children [to] emerge at least as emotionally well as... Read more
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Children
of Divorce : A Developmental Approach to Residence and Visitation by Mitchell A.,Ph.D. Baris, Carla B., Ph.D. Garrity |
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Psytec Corp Paperback - 104 pages (February 1988) |
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| A reviewer,
April 9, 1999 Excellent This slim volume was enormously helpful in understanding how to best meet the needs of children in different age groups after divorce. My husband and I were painfully aware that his kids were still having a lot of trouble adjusting to his divorce, particularly the visitation schedule. This book... Read more
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Divorce
Casualties : Protecting Your Children from Parental Alienation by Douglas Darnall |
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Taylor Pub Paperback - 288 pages (August 1998) |
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| Synopsis Helps parents recognize the often subtle causes of alienation and teaches them how to prevent or minimize its damaging effects. Read more
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Second
Chances : Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce by Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee (Contributor) |
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Houghton Mifflin Co (Pap) Paperback Revised edition (August 1996) |
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| --corinne--,
January 15, 2000 Very insightful &the predictions often bear out.... I first read this book in a Sociology class when I was a senior in college. I was particularly interested because my parents had divorced a couple of years earlier. The ten year look at the effect of divorce on all persons involved is very insightful and rigorously researched. Second Chances... Read more
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Growing
Up With Divorce : Helping Your Child Avoid Immediate and Later Emotional
Problems by Neil Kalter |
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Fawcett Books Paperback 1 ballanti edition (April 1991) |
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| Book Description A practical guide to understanding and coping with the short and long-term effects of divorce on children. "A wise discussin of the reaction of children of different ages to divorce, and the advice on how to help them cope. The book is clear, non-technical, and non-accusatory." Benjamin Spock, M.D.
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Black
Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon, et al |
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Grove Press Paperback - 320 pages Reissue edition (October 1991) |
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| likami, February
19, 2000 more than theory... frantz fanon's black skin, white mask has something for every reader of every color (including white). his insights into the psychological damage resulting from colonialism, self-denial, racism, and other connected phenomena provide a path for those of us still grappling with these issues some forty... Read more
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The
Divorce Culture : Rethinking Our Commitments to Marriage and Family by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead |
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Vintage Books Paperback - 240 pages Reprint edition (February 1998) |
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| Synopsis From divorce as a last resort to divorce as a means of self-expression and personal growth, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead chronicles a sea change in the American way of breaking up and calls us to count the cost in moral and social consequences. Read more
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Divorced
Dads : Shattering the Myths by Sanford L. Braver, Diane O'Connell (Contributor) |
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J P Tarcher Hardcover - 288 pages (October 1998) |
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| The Wall Street Journal,
Cathy Young ...whether the priority is to curb divorce or make it less destructive, any reform must be based on fact, not myth. In separating the one from the other, Divorced Dads provides an invaluable service. Read more
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Child
Support Survival Guide : How to Get Results Through Child Support
Enforcement Agencies by Bonnie M. White, et al |
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Career Press Paperback - 192 pages (November 1997) |
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| Synopsis Child Support Survival Guide is a vital companion and reference for anyone, rich or poor, concerned with child support. It will teach custodial and noncustodial parents, as well as legal guardians, their options. It will provide solutions to parents seeking owed child support and choices to parents... Read more
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Families
Apart : Ten Keys to Successful Co-Parenting by Melinda Blau, Melinda Blaw |
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Perigee Paperback (January 1995) |
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| Synopsis A guide to raising children in the wake of a divorce shows readers how to communicate effectively and offers insights into the attitudes necessary to sidestep the inevitable pitfalls during the period of transition. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Read more
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