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Shattering the media-generated image of the lonely, deprived, and financially strapped divorcee, Applewhite provides a much needed reality check. "Cutting Loose" introduces 50 women, varying in age, race, class, and predicament, who have thrived after initiating their own divorces. Their fears of financial, emotional, and romantic ruin were never realized; on the contrary, their lives improved immeasurably, and their self-esteem soared.

Applewhite, a freelance editor and writer, presents a composite portrait of today's strong and resourceful divorced woman....As depicted here, marriage is too often an oppressive arrangement for women, one they can well do without. If Applewhite's figures are correct, 3/4ths of today's divorces are initiated by women, and if her analysis of the situation is correct, they are better off, at least psychologically, for having taken the big step.

Kirkus, 04/02/97

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