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Women on Divorce, edited by Kaganoff and Spano
Harcourt Brace & Co., 1995, 195 pages
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The buzz:
Fourteen thoughtful essays on divorce. Each piece is
quite insightful about the author's marriage and about society at
large. Some of the essays are heartbreakingly moving. Each story is
unique. There is no attempt to provide general guidelines. Still,
many people will resonate with one or more of these stories. Very
well written.
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The authors:
The authors are 14 mostly New-York-based female authors, twelve
of whom are writing about their own divorces.
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Topics covered:
- The feelings of the women about themselves, their husbands and about their divorces.
- The relationship of society in general, and the women's movement in
particular, to their divorces, and to divorce in general.
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Difficulty:
Moderate.
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Sidenotes:
An undertone in many (though certainly not all) of
these stories is, "I think the problem was mostly
my husband's insecurities and immaturities." In a companion volume,
"Men on Divorce: The Other Side," composed of essays by a number of male authors (not
the husbands of the women in the first book), most of the men
essentially say out loud, "I have to admit it was mostly my own
insecurities and immaturities."
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Key insight:
Each divorce is unique, though divorce is always
difficult.
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Read if:
You are a woman (or a man interested in the woman's
point of view) who enjoys literary quality writing.
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