 | Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce by Emily Doskow
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $8.94 This is the FIRST book and MOST HELPFUL book I own regarding Divorce. It is well worth the $20. Get this even before you see a lawyer. It will walk you through the whole divorce process and your options from a simple uncontested divorce, mediated divorce, all the way to contested divorce and trial. It also covers child custody issues.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! 5 Stars
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 | Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most by Douglas Stone
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.25 If you are/were like me and had difficulty having conversations about emotional things and tended to play the silent and strong role, this book is for you. Actually for anyone that wants to learn how to have a serious conversation with your spouse without starting the next nuclear war this is a great read.
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 | The Complete Guide to Protecting Your Financial Security When Getting a Divorce by Alan Feigenbaum
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.97 Excellent book regarding all the financial matters of a divorce. Guides you through preparing your paperwork and your head, figuring out a financial fight strategically, negotiating a moneywise financial settlement, and reaching a financially fair and feasible settlement.
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 | Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids: Feeling at Home in One Home or Two by Isolina Ricci
Buy used from: $7.73 A MUST READ for those of you with children that will be in some kind of co-parenting arrangement. Helped me tremendously in getting over the (I hate that f@#$*n.....)stage of the divorce, to how do we do whats best for the kids.
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 | Understanding Men's Passages: Discovering the New Map of Men's Lives by Gail Sheehy
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $0.01 For MEN going through life changes and for women trying to understand them this is a groundbraking book. Gail Shelly guides contemporary men through the turbulent challenges and surprising pleasures that begin at forty. OLD Guys Rule!
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 | Divorce and Money: Everything You Need to Know by Gayle Rosenwald Smith
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.88 A good book that covers the full spectrum of money issues. The only thing that stands out in this book is a chapter on the treatment of insurance plans (health, life, car, property, long-term) during and after the divorce.
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 | Uncoupling: Turning Points in Intimate Relationships by Diane Vaughan
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.04 A book recommendation from another group member (Robert) that looks good.
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 | Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
Buy new: $9.85 Too late to be reading this now, maybe helpful the next time around in a relationship. As the sub head reads Reconciling the Erotic + the Domestic it may help get the balance right, next time.
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 | Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man by Scott Wetzler
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $2.84 A book my soon to be Ex gave me @) I have leafed through it. I get it and get most of it. I think reading "Difficult Conversations" book listed above helped me more than this book.
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 | Why Do I Love These People?: Honest and Amazing Stories of Real Families by Po Bronson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.95 The sub heading of this book is "Understanding, Surviving, and Creating Your Own Family" which summarizes it pretty well. His retelling remarkable short stories of people who have gone through a transnformation of their traditional view of 'family' you are inspired to recreate your own.
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 | A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.30 For the Scientist in me! Written by three MDs from UCSF Med School. Latest research on " What is love, lonliness? Why does it hurt? What are relationships and how and why do they work the way they do?
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 | Self Parenting: The Complete Guide to Your Inner Conversations by John K. Pollard
Buy new: $15.25 / Used from: $4.20 A book I picked up for $1.00 at a library sale. Probably worth that, but not much more. A good read if you need to get rid of some old tapes playing in your head that are messing with your self esteem.
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 | Healing The Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families by Charles L. Whitfield M.D.
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 Maybe helpful to those who are familiar with or learning the language of Recovery/ Co-dependence/ Abuse/ Neglect.
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