The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce

By Judith S. Wallerstien   $10.47

This 25 year study looks at children of divorce and how it has affected them over the course of their life.  You will go back in time to meet children of divorce and learn what they went through.  It has been found that many children will learn how to cope with their parents divorce.  However, as an adult the damages are reflected in their own relationships where they have a tendency to feel the relationship is doomed no matter what.  A child of divorce will seek to avoid conflict and typically fears commitment.  Children of divorce, 25 years later, believe that failure is destined. 

The Good Divorce

By Constance Ahrons $11.20

The Good Divorce is based on two decades on research, which suggest that the effects of divorce on children aren’t as damaging as originally suspected.  This book provides the divorce advice needed to learn how to make a smooth and acceptable transition from the nuclear family to the “binuclear”, which includes two households and still focuses on the child of divorce.  With the help of this book you will learn how to preserve your family after your divorce and strengthen your commitment to your children and family.

Second Chances

By Sandra Blakeslee  $11.20

Second Chances is the product of a ten year study of sixty middle-class families of the long term effects on children and divorce, the family as a whole, the parents going through the divorce, courtships, marriage and society.  Second Changes provides you with the rare glimpse and insight into the minds of the children of divorce twenty five years later.  You will learn how the child of divorce, now an adult, perceives the loss of his or her family unit.

The Love They Lost

By Stephanie Staal   $11.16

The Love they Lost is one of the few books that focus on the effects of divorce on children as they grow up and become adults.  Children of divorce must deal with the effects of their parents divorce as they attempt to find their own life long bond with another.  This book will delve into the struggle to avoid the same fate as their parents.  Written with over 100 case interviews included, you will gain valuable insight into other lives and the comfort of knowing you are not alone.  For every child of divorce, you will divorce advice on such topics as how abandonment and betrayal, both real and perceived, impact adult relationships and careers; what happens when money becomes a substitute for love; healing ways to move forward while living with the past; how to make peace with the past while living a rewarding life.

Split: Stories from a Generation Raised on

Divorce

By Ava Chin   $10.47

Split is a compilation of seventeen stories from a generation raised on divorce.  This book delves into the effects of divorce on children as they are growing up and in their adult life and relationships.  Divorce advice is discussed on the different stages of dealing with a parents divorce and the unknown effects of living in a broken home.  Divorce advice is offered from such experts as rock critics, fiction writers, poets, and pop-culture reporters.  You will find stories from both men and women of different races and social statuses who have experienced and survived the difficulties of dealing with the effects of divorce.  Split explores the effects of divorce on children, joint custody issues, problems within stepfamilies and relationships with stepparents, feelings of anger and loss, fallout from a breakup and becoming a parent.  You will also find such questions as, what was it like to watch your home life destroyed and what your view is now, in your twenties and thirties, on love and marriage today, confronted and answered.  Split confronts the issues on the views of love and marriage for young people today while also providing hope for the future for those who have lived to talk about the aftermath of growing up surrounded by divorce.