Women on Divorce: A Bedside Companion - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151001146 ISBN 13: 9780151001149

Publisher: Harcourt, 1995

Synopsis

Fourteen insightful, provocative essays by such notable writers as Ellen Gilchrist, Ann Hood, Francine Prose, Jane Shapiro, and Carol Shields retrace the tortuous road to divorce and explore the potential for personal renewal after marriage ends.

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In this disarmingly candid, invaluable collection of original essays, 14 women writers, most of them divorced, discuss their marital breakups and ponder why marriages fail or hang together. Ellen Gilchrist argues that marriages often fail when people choose mates impelled by a subconscious wish to recreate their childhoods?they select spouses who resemble their mothers or fathers. That thesis is supported by the personal account of Anne Roiphe, who declares her approval of arranged marriage (a sentiment echoed by Gilchrist)?a jarring note in an anthology marked by feminist sensibilities. Co-editor Spano, New York Times travel columnist, was swept up in romantic fantasies when she married an actor, who informed her several years later that he had been having affairs. Co-editor Kaganoff, a senior editor at Simon & Schuster and formerly editor of paperback forecasts at PW, tells how her split with her lawyer husband drove a temporary wedge between her and her parents, as well as between her and the Orthodox Jewish community that had been at the center of her life. Jane Shapiro splices irreverent memories of her two divorces and an interview with famous, hard-headed divorce lawyer Raoul Felder. Also included are pieces by Francine Prose, Alix Kates Shulman, Carol Shields, Ann Patchett, Mary Morris and Perri Klass. Filled with healing insights, bracing humor and inner strength, this notable compilation will be immensely helpful to any woman?or man?who has ever divorced, or is going through a divorce or wants to stay married. First serial to Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Mirabella, Redbook and Ladies' Home Journal.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Compiled by Kaganoff, a former Publishers Weekly editor who currently works at Simon & Schuster, and Spano, a veteran travel columnist and writer, this book includes 14 never-before-published essays by outstanding women authors on the subject of divorce. Anne Roiphe, Ellen Gilchrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Carol Shields contribute pieces. All are well written, but in style, emotion, and point of view, each essay reflects the individual writer. The tones range from funny to philosophical to sarcastic. Twelve of the 14 authors have been divorced, some recently and others long ago. Some have experienced more than one divorce, and others have gone on to satisfying marriages. While each essay is worth reading and pondering, the variety will keep drawing readers back to read more. Recommended.?Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151001146
• ISBN 13: 9780151001149
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 195
• Editor: Kaganoff Penny, Spano Susan