Breaking Apart: A Memoir of DivorceNow in paperback, this "courageous story, beautifully told" [Washington Post] offers a searing examination of a marriage coming apart piece by piece. "There are those who believe it is simple selfishness that leads people to divorce. For those of us who have lived it, it's hard to see why anyone would rip out their veins for some immature or narcissistic desire to get what they want, because that is what it feels like." --from Breaking Apart Piercingly honest and profoundly moving, Wendy Swallow's memoir traces the arc of her marriage and its painful disintegration. Her journey through divorce's rough terrain -- and the reconstruction of her life after divorce -- offers an electrifying literary portrait of what it is to relinquish the comfort and security of a long-held dream. |
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... Christmas ornaments and the memories and all the familiar corners of my life . THE WEDDING PICTURE My youngest son stands in the doorway 16 Wendy Swallow.
... Christmas ornaments and the memories and all the familiar corners of my life . THE WEDDING PICTURE My youngest son stands in the doorway 16 Wendy Swallow.
Page 154
... Christmas ornaments , boxes of photos , and everything in the basement and garage . It was surprising to me how little , in fact , I really needed . Because the boys were starting school the next day , I came back to sleep in the house ...
... Christmas ornaments , boxes of photos , and everything in the basement and garage . It was surprising to me how little , in fact , I really needed . Because the boys were starting school the next day , I came back to sleep in the house ...
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... Christmas tree . Each year we went to considerable trouble to find the perfect tree , nosing endlessly through ... ornaments disappeared into its dark green folds . It felt as if we had brought in a piece of the Black Forest . But this first ...
... Christmas tree . Each year we went to considerable trouble to find the perfect tree , nosing endlessly through ... ornaments disappeared into its dark green folds . It felt as if we had brought in a piece of the Black Forest . But this first ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
DIVORCE FANTASY | 11 |
THE WEDDING PICTURE | 17 |
Copyright | |
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