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Crazy Time, by Abigail Trafford
HarperCollins, 271 pages
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The buzz:
A must-read. Trafford nails the stages and emotions of
divorce. The people in the stories in this book are rendered so realistically,
and with such insight, that you not only recognize yourself, you learn something
from the portrait.
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The author:
The author was at the time of publication a journalist
who had been an assistant managing editor of U.S. News and World Report and
health editor of the Washington Post.
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Topics covered:
- Crisis (Deadlock, confrontation, separation).
- "Crazy Time" (On the edge, relief and disbelief, deep shock, anger, ambivalence, depression).
- Recovery (emergence of self, the "public divorce," sex, love, remarriage and redivorce, married for good).
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Difficulty:
Moderate
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Sidenotes:
The stories read like little novellas. This is one book you
won't be able to put down.
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Key insight:
Divorce proceeds in stages, like mourning a death. The early stage is
completely disruptive and consuming, but if you spend time trying to understand what
happened and why, you wil be able to survive, and to do better next time.
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Read if:
You are going through divorce. We recommend this book highly for everyone.
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