Divorce - Women

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The Menstuff® library lists pertinent books concerning divorce from a woman's perspective. Photo upper left "It's just not the same without dad." There are just some things that a mother can't teach her son. Without the father involved, the son too often grows up with a distorted picture of what a man, and possibly himself as a father someday is. Fathers - stay involved!  Mothers - allow the father to stay involved! And, that's more than weekends twice a month. See also books Divorce-General, and Issues Divorce & Custody.

• Athearn, Louise Montague, What Every Formerly Married Woman Should Know: Answers to the most intimate questions formerly married women ask, David McKay, 1973
• Chesler, Phyllis, Mothers on Trial: The battle for children & custody, McGraw Hill, 1986
• Hoge, Hilary, Women's Stories of Divorce at Childbirth: When the baby rocks the cradle. This landmark book examines the causes and consequences of divorce occuring during pregnancy or within a year of childbirth. Drawing upon the experiences of seventeen women who have suffered this especially traumatic form of family breakup, the author shows in stark detail how the transition to parenthood can become a personal crisis for some new fathers and mothers - one that may prompt them to run away, search out extramarital affairs, or lapse into additions. The Haworth Clinical Practice Press, www.haworthpressinc.com, 2002 ISBN 0-7890-1292-8 Buy this book!
• Norris, Gloria, Working Mother's: The complete handbook, Button, 1979
• Virtue, Doreen, My Kids Don't Life With Me Anymore: Coping with the custody crisis, Comp Car, 1988
• Weitzman, Lenore, Divorce Revolution: The unexpected social & economic consequences for women & children in America, Free Press, 1985