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The Divorce Source: A Suggested Reading List |
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In the last 10 years, valuable books on divorce have been added to the shelves. Here are a few. Check your library or local bookstore for more. The more recent the publication date, the better. But some of the classics are well worth the read. |
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The Divorce Decisions Workbook: A Planning and Action Guide by Marjorie L. Engel and Diana D. Gould, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1992. |
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Discusses the practical, legal, and emotional aspects of divorce. Includes information on division of assets and liabilities, spousal support, responsibility to children, options other than divorce (such as legal separation decrees and annulment), no-fault divorce, adversarial divorce, uncontested divorce, and alternatives to adversarial divorce (such as mediation and arbitration). A great all-around guide. |
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The Divorce Handbook: Your Basic Guide to Divorce by James T. Friedman, Random House, New York, 1982. |
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Covers the basic issues of divorce in a clear question-and-answer format. |
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Second Chances: Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce by Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee, Ticknor & Fields, New York, 1989. |
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The preeminent researcher explains what happened to selected families during, after, and long after divorce, based on a ten-year study of 60 middle-class families. Some of the findings are controversial, but it's a classic and one of few long-term studies in existence. |
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The Divorce Book for Men and Women by Harriet Newman Cohen and Ralph Gardner, Jr., Avon Books, New York, 1994. |
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An experienced divorce lawyer explains how to gain your freedom at the lowest possible legal and emotional cost. |
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Practical Divorce Solutions by Ed Sherman, Nolo Press, Occidental, CA, 1988. |
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Pragmatic advice from a divorce lawyer covering the gamut from emotional issues to legal costs. |
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Rocking the Cradle of Sexual Politics by Louis Armstrong, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1994. |
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Explores the politics of incest and child sexual abuse. Discusses how we got from incest as a taboo to open discussion of sexual abuse and back again, to the backlash response in |
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