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Booklists - Divorce: Resources from our Collection

Overview Sources

306.89 MAR
Getting Divorced without Ruining Your Life: A Reasoned, Practical Guide to the Legal, Emotional, and Financial Ins and Outs of Negotiating a Divorce Settlement by Sam Margulies - 2001

306.89 MAR
A Man's Guide to a Civilized Divorce: How to Divorce with Grace, a Little Class, and a Lot of Common Sense by Sam Margulies - 2004

306.89 MOS
The Smart Divorce: Proven Strategies and Valuable Advice from 100 Top Divorce Lawyers, Financial Advisers, Counselors, and Other Experts by Deborah Moskovitch - 2007

306.89 PER
Surviving Divorce: Your Roadmap through the Emotional and Financial Maze by Victoria Perrett - 2007

346.0166 MER
Your Divorce Advisor: A Lawyer and a Psychologist Guide You through the Legal and Emotional Landscape of Divorce by Diana Mercer - 2001

Legal and Financial Matters

262.94 ROB
Marriage, Divorce & Nullity: A Guide to the Annulment Process in the Catholic Church by Geoffrey Robinson - 2000

346.0166 MIL
Fair Share Divorce for Women: The Definitive Guide to Creating a Winning Solution by Kathleen Miller - 2007

346.0166 SEM
No-Fight Divorce: Spend Less Money, Save Time, and Avoid Conflict Using Mediation by Brette McWhorter Sember - 2006

346.0166 SHU
Rightfully Yours: How to Get Past-Due Child Support, Alimony, and Your Ex's Pension by Gary A. Shulman - 2002

346.0166 SIT
Divorce Agreements Simplified by Daniel Sitarz - 2003

346.0166 SUM
File for Divorce in Illinois by Diana Brodman Summers - 2006

346.0166 WOO
Divorce and Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce by Violet Woodhouse - 2006

Children and Stepparenting

155.93 MAR
Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope: How to Guide Children and Teens through Times of Divorce, Death, and Crisis with the Rainbows Approach by Suzy Yehl Marta - 2003

306.874 BLO
Making Peace in Your Stepfamily: Surviving and Thriving as Parents and Stepparents by Harold H. Bloomfield - 1993

306.874 PIC
The Everything Parent's Guide to Children and Divorce: Reassuring Advice to Help Your Family Adjust by Carl Pickhardt - 2005

306.8742 FRI
The Divorcing Father's Manual: 8 Steps to Help You and Your Children Survive and Thrive by Barry B. Frieman - 2005

306.89 BLA
Ex-Etiquette for Parents: Good Behavior After a Divorce or Separation by Jann Blackstone-Ford - 2004

306.89 HAN
Good Parenting through Your Divorce: The Essential Guidebook to Helping Your Children Adjust and Thrive—Based on the Leading National Program by Mary Ellen Hannibal - 2007

306.89 THA
The Co-Parenting Survival Guide: Letting Go of Conflict After a Difficult Divorce by Elizabeth S. Thayer, Ph.D. - 2001

306.89 WAL
What About the Kids?: Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce by Judith S. Wallerstein - 2003

306.89 WAR
Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex by Richard Ades Warshak - 2001

Custody and Child Support Issues

306.89 HUN
Winning Custody: A Woman's Guide to Retaining Custody of Her Children by Deedra Hunter - 2001

306.89 ROS
Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex by Julie A. Ross - 1996

346.017 LYS
Building a Parenting Agreement That Works: How to Put Your Kids First When Your Marriage Doesn't Last by Mimi E. Lyster - 2005

346.017 STE
The Child Custody Book: How to Protect Your Children and Win Your Case by James W. Stewart - 2000

346.0172 STE
Fighting for Your Children: A Father's Guide to Custody by John Steinbreder - 1998

346.0173 BOL
Your Right to Child Custody, Visitation, and Support by Mary L. Boland - 2007

Moving Forward

155.937 SAM
The Art of Saying Goodbye: How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Arthur Samuels - 2003

305.489 ELL
The Courage to Love Again: Creating Happy, Healthy Relationships after Divorce by Sheila Ellison - 2002

306.71 GRA - also PB NF GRA
Mars and Venus Starting Over: A Practical Guide for Finding Love Again after a Painful Breakup, Divorce, or the Loss of a Loved One by John Gray - 1998

306.89 CLA
Divorce & New Beginnings: A Complete Guide to Recovery, Solo Parenting, Co-Parenting and Stepfamilies by Genevieve Clapp - 2000

306.89 HOF
Surviving Separation and Divorce: A Woman's Guide to Making It Through the First Year by Loriann Hoff Oberlin - 2000

306.89 MUR
Moving Out, Moving On: When a Relationship Goes Wrong Workbook by Susan Murphy-Milano - 2004

306.89 WAT
Divorce First Aid: Protect Yourself from Domestic Violence, Parental Kidnapping, Property Theft, and Other Divorce Emergencies by Webster Watnik - 2001

Living It—True Stories of Divorce and Starting Over

306.874 COH
One Family, Two Family, New Family: Stories and Advice for Stepfamilies by Lisa Cohn - 2004
The author relates the challenges of her own stepfamily and true-life tales from other families in this conversational blend of story and advice.

306.89 BAI
Calling It Quits: Late-Life Divorce and Starting Over by Deirdre Bair - 2007
In true stories collected from interviews, Bair explores the lives of couples who ended marriages late in life, their wrenching decisions, and their lives afterward.

306.89 FIN
Split: A Memoir of Divorce by Suzanne Finnamore - 2008
Master storyteller Finnamore writes with grace and wit of her own divorce. Supported yet alone, she works through her turbulent feelings of denial, anger, grief, and acceptance.

306.89 MEN
Men on Divorce: The Other Side of the Story - 1998
Each chapter tells one man's story of his experience with divorce, from humorous observations to thoughtful analysis.

306.89 TAY
Falling: The Story of One Marriage by John Taylor - 1999
Riddled with miscommunication and infidelities, Taylor's marriage slowly crumbles as he captures the fated struggle in this raw, emotional memoir.

910.4 GIL
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert - 2006
Gilbert grows to realize she does not belong in a marriage, and after a difficult divorce she takes a year-long trip to search for her inner self outside the comforts of her culture.

974.4 GOL
Still Life with Chickens: Starting Over in a House by the Sea by Catherine Goldhammer - 2006
After her divorce, Goldhammer moves into an old fixer-upper with her daughter, and while renovating her new home, she finds she is also quietly renovating her life.

DVDs

DVD 306.89 DIV
Divorce & Stepfamilies: Breaking Apart, Coming Together - 2005

DVD 306.89 RAI
Raising Children of Divorce: Practical Help for Parents - 2004

DVD 306.89 SHA
Shattered Dreams: Healing After Divorce - 2004

A Selection of Children's Titles

These titles and more are located in the Junior Room

JE ROGERS
Divorce by Fred Rogers - 1996
For ages 4 – 7

J 306.874 LEI
Finding Your Place: A Teen Guide to Life in a Blended Family by Julie Leibowitz - 2000
For ages 10 – 14

J 306.89 BRO
Dinosaurs Divorce by Laurene Krasny Brown - 1986
For ages 4 – 8

J 306.89 CAD
My Parents Are Getting Divorced: How to Keep It Together When Your Mom and Dad Are Splitting Up by Florence Cadier - 2004
For ages 11 – up

J 306.89 ISL
Caught in the Middle: A Teen Guide to Custody by Claudia Isler - 2000
For ages 10 – 14

J 306.89 KRO
You and Your Parents' Divorce by Katherine E. Krohn - 2001
For ages 10 – 14

J 306.89 TRU
Surviving Divorce: Teens Talk About What Hurts and What Helps by Trudi Strain Trueit - 2007
For ages 11 – 15

*JE RAN Parenting Shelf
I Don't Want to Talk About It by Jeanie Franz Ransom - 2000
For ages 3 – 8

Prepared by Gloria Walsh-Rock, September 2008