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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A Memoir of Divorce Wendy Swallow. marriage wars . Divorce can save lives . Divorce can even , iron- ically , save families . Divorce can be an astonishing blessing . In the last few years of my marriage , that seductive voice ...
A Memoir of Divorce Wendy Swallow. marriage wars . Divorce can save lives . Divorce can even , iron- ically , save families . Divorce can be an astonishing blessing . In the last few years of my marriage , that seductive voice ...
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A Memoir of Divorce Wendy Swallow. Divorce robs us of much , and one of the worst things it takes away is the benefit of the doubt society gives to intact families . Whenever divorce is mentioned in the media , it invariably is in the ...
A Memoir of Divorce Wendy Swallow. Divorce robs us of much , and one of the worst things it takes away is the benefit of the doubt society gives to intact families . Whenever divorce is mentioned in the media , it invariably is in the ...
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... divorce per se , but individual aspects of divorce that do the damage . Maybe for some children it was the loss of their daddy ; maybe for others it will be the shifts in schools and homes rather than the divorce itself . Maybe the ...
... divorce per se , but individual aspects of divorce that do the damage . Maybe for some children it was the loss of their daddy ; maybe for others it will be the shifts in schools and homes rather than the divorce itself . Maybe the ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
DIVORCE FANTASY | 11 |
THE WEDDING PICTURE | 17 |
Copyright | |
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