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"Forty-ish hipster dad Jake is happily settled down in the politically progressive, urban, and notably self-satisfied community of Greenwood, working at his not-so-interesting job, playing guitar with his band, and enjoying domestic life with his beautiful and accomplished wife Lisa, their two charming daughters, and the beloved family dog. When Lisa rocks Jake's world by telling him she wants a divorce, their story unfolds from multiple points of...
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"What parents need to know from kids about divorce" is a compliation of candid interviews with kids ages 4-18 talking about their experiences of their parents' divorce. They talk about their pain. They talk about their adjustment. They talk about their love and understanding. They have phenomenal wisdom and compelling practical advice to share.
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"Meet Celine and Luke: for all intents and purposes, the happy couple. Luke (a serial cheater) and Celine (more interested in piano than domestic life) plan to marry in a year. Archie (the best man) should be moving on from his love for Luke and up the corporate ladder, but he finds himself utterly stuck. And Vivian (a wedding guest) is the only one with any emotional distance, and observes her friends like ants in a colony. As the wedding approaches...
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"The idea of parents taking a break from or ending their relationship is scary and sad for children of all ages. If My Parents Are Divorced shows how different families can deal with a separation and which insecurities may arise in the minds of children."--
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"Ascendant novelist J.B. Blackwood is on a cruise with her husband, Patrick, to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Patrick is older than J.B., formerly her professor, now a film director and cult figure. But now his success is starting to wane and J.B. is on the cusp of winning a major literary prize. Her art has been forever overseen by him; now it may overshadow his. For days they sail in the sun, nothing but dark water all around them. Then a...
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In a Surrogate World 2044 is a story based in the year 2044 and is predicated on the idea that marriage & live-in romantic relationships are largely a thing of the past, due to the fact that (among other reasons), people simply aren't getting along anymore living in close quarters with each other for years on end.And because of this reality, we are now faced with a divorce rate that just hit the 80% mark!As well in 2044, romantic relationships, dating,...
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"Explores how to process and cope with the divorce of one's parents. Additional features include a table of contents, sidebars, an infographic, Fast Facts, questions to inspire further thought, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research"--
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Stunned by her recently widowed father's reckless behavior, a young woman must learn to navigate a new world--where the people she should trust the most have become strangers she cannot trust at all. Frankie Attleboro returns home to Cape Cod with thrilling news. She's met the love of her life, they're getting married and have a baby on the way. Her talented, charismatic father overshadows her with his own he's also getting married. To Frankie's best...
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Shocking revelations of a wife's adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets.
"Shocking revelations of a wife's adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets. What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch's country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together?...
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Drop the Battle.
Win the War that Matters.
Vanessa and Luke met in college. Young and ambitious, they fell in love, married, bought a house in the suburbs, and created a perfect family. He worked tirelessly to advance his career, so she could stay home with the children and manage their busy household. For fifteen years, they built a network of friends, family traditions, and an amazing life together. Everything was going great until it wasn't....
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"Paul Auster's brilliant eighteenth novel opens with a scorched pot of water, which Sy Baumgartner--phenomenologist, noted author, and soon-to-be retired philosophy professor--has just forgotten on the stove. Baumgartner's life had been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife, Anna, who was killed in a swimming accident nine years earlier. Now 71, Baumgartner continues to struggle to live in her absence as the novel sinuously unfolds into spirals...
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"Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month's time. Young, beautiful, and successful--she and her fiancé Michael are considered the "couple goals" of their social network and seem to have it all. That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: "Oh my god, have you seen The List?" It began as a crowdsourced collection of names and somehow morphed into an anonymous...
16) Gracie's Journey
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Gracie married expecting a perfect life with her handsome husband, Rob - financial security, world travel, and a chance to pursue her dream job. But, things did not go to plan. Gracie's disappointments peak when the FBI arrests Rob the day after their first anniversary.
How will Gracie navigate her life now that it has fallen so far off the plan she had for it? And what will become of her no-so-perfect after all marriage?
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WAKING UP TO HEAR YOUR SPOUSE IS DIVORCING YOU CAN BE GUT WRENCHING! ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU BELIEVED GOD FOR THEM TO BE YOUR FOREVER MATE. WHAT DO YOU DO? HOW DO YOU TRUST GOD AGAIN? HOW DO YOU HEAL?
In Finding God Through the Pain of Divorce, author Gena Veasey will discuss the challenges she faced during her journey. She also guides you through many simple, but effective steps that you can use to break free from bondage, conquer your pain and heal...
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Perfect for fans of Anita Hughes and Jenny Colgan, the mistletoe is hanging and the Christmas lights twinkling in Fortune's Cove-but there are holiday secrets lurking in the far shadows. Annie Hamilton is a single mother of two and veterinarian whose family is on the verge of falling apart. Her husband has passed away, her teenage son is finding trouble at every turn, and she's desperately struggling to keep it all together. When she decides to leave...
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"When their newly engaged kids ask all four divorced parents to meet each other over brunch, everyone RSVPs yes--secretly hoping someone at the table will get to the bottom of the bottomless mimosas fast enough to say what they're all thinking: that this engagement, coming after a whirlwind romance between two people barely out of college, is too much too soon. But at that brunch it's not the impulsive couple's decisions that end up under the microscope,...
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From "just one night" ...to bonded for life Kate McCoy calculates everything. She has every detail in her life organized to perfection-until the fateful night she steps into Gray Gallagher's arms. "One time only," she vows about getting romantic with Gray, her longtime protector and her closest friend. But this time, perfect Kate has miscalculated: the woman who plans everything is unexpectedly expecting. And the heart she has so carefully sheltered...
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