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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.89 Format: Bargain Price Label: Houghton Mifflin Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: May 13, 2004 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Studio: Houghton Mifflin Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A ten-year study of sixty middle-class families served as the basis for this book. Twenty-five years after the original breakup, Wallerstein discovers unexpected changes in the children, now mostly adults. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very MovingWhat a marvelous book. Children of divorce and their parents were tracked over 10 years (some for 15 years), using in depth interviews, questionnaires, and conversations with school personnel. There were some startling findings, such as that children who initially seemed to adjust very well to the divorce, could have specific kinds of problems years later. However, Wallerstein's answer to the question of whether people should stay married for the sake of the children is "of course not". Knowing ... Read More Rating:  - Eye openingThis book reports the results of several research projects conducted by Wallerstein to investigate recovery from divorce. As divorce statistics were mounting in the 1960s and 1970s, conventional wisdom held that divorce was rough on spouses and children, but after one or two years, most people got over it and moved on. Wallerstein and her team decided to see how true this was. They interviewed spouses and children who happened to live near their offices in California during the early 1970s and who ... Read More Rating:  - I hated this bookWhat a self righteous load of crap! The purpose of this book, I think, is to scare unhappily married people out of getting divorced. It details all of the different ways in which the children and their parents are still miserable ten years later. Obviously, divorce is painful, but sometimes, inevitible...Who needs to read this during such a difficult time? The truth is there are many, many ways to screw up kids...divorce is just one! Rating: - God SendI first found this book as part of a Psychology research project. The research that founded this book has influenced the way that government systems deal with divorcing families across America. It is one of the best resources I can think of for families that are going through divorce. Though the title states a decade after divorce the follow up has gone well beyond this. I have been divorced for 15 years - today I am purchasing a copy for my sister who is getting divorced after 18 years of marraige ... Read More Rating: - Second ChancesIt wasn't until recently (I'm almost 40) that I began to look at my parent's divorce as a source of some of my behaviors. I'm very functional,even successful, but sometimes wonder if I haven't been undercut by the blow of losing "home". This is an interesting read, and worth exploring by those who share my suspicion about their own lives. Knowledge is power. Good luck. 
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