Book description
Twenty-five years ago, Judith Wallerstein began talking to a group of 131 children whose parents were all going through a divorce. She asked them to tell her about the intimate details of their lives, which they did with remarkable candor. Having earned their trust, Wallerstein was rewarded with a deeply…
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This first book gave me the necessary perspective to consider the impact of divorce on my children’s entire lifespan, not just their childhoods.
It lays the groundwork for what legacy we’re breaking, since hopefully your children are young and you’re still married. I never once thought about how divorce when my three children were small would influence the nature of their adult intimate relationships and ability to navigate marriage in their future, even though I had direct experience with it influencing mine.
This is the spell breaker of all the divorce books. It will snap you out of any trance…
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