Suggested Reading

On Divorce

The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart, Constance Ahrons, Harper Perennial (1995)

The Divorce Handbook, James T. Friedman, Random House (1998)

Divided Families, Frank Furstenberg and Andrew J. Cherlin, Harvard University Press (1994)

Between Love and Hate: A Guide to Civilized Divorce, Lois Gold, Penguin Books, (1996)

Growing Up With Divorce, Neil Kalter, Fawcett, (1991)

Coming Apart: Why Relationships End and How to Live Through the Ending of Yours, Daphne Rose Kingma, Ballentine Books (1987)

Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Shared Custody Work, Isolina Ricci, Macmillan Publishing Company (1980 and later editions)

Life After Divorce, Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, Health Communications, Inc. (1994)

Parenting and Divorce

Families Apart, Melinda Blau, Perigree (1995)

The Children’s Book . . . For the Sake of the Children, Stephen K. Erickson and Marilyn S. McKnight, CPI Publishing (1992)

How It Feels When Parents Divorce, Jill Krementz, Alfred A. Knopf (1994)

Don’t Divorce Your Children, Jennifer M. Lewis, M.D. and William Sammons, M.D., Contemporary Books (1999)

Dividing the Child, Eleanor MacCoby and Robert H. Mnookin, Harvard University Press (1994)

101 Ways To Be a Long Distance Super-Dad – or Mom, Too! George Newman, R&E Publishers (1996)

Helping Children Cope With Divorce, Edward Teyber Jossey-Bass (2001)

The Custody Revolution, Richard Warshak, Poseidon Press (1992)

“Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce and When Can I Get A Hamster?” Anthony E. Wolf, Noonday Press (1998)

Healing Hearts: Helping Children and Adults Recover from Divorce, Hickey and Dalton (1997)

What About the Children?

Step Families: The Truth About Step Families, Anne O’Connor

Books for Children About Divorce

Dinosaurs Divorce, Marc Tolon Brown and Laurence Kransy Brown, Little Brown & Co. (1988)

Kids are Non-Divorceable: A Workbook for Divorced Parents and Their Children, by Sara Bonkowski, ACTA Publications, (1987)

Teens are Non-Divorceable: A Workbook for Divorced Parents and Their Children, by Sara Bonkowski, ACTA Publications, (1990)

Through the Eyes of Children: Healing Stories for Children of Divorce, Janet R. Johnston, Karen Breunig, Carla Garrity, Mitchell Baris, The Free Press 1997)

It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear, Vicki Lansky, Book Peddlers (1998)

Divorce Happens to the Nicest Kids, Michael S. Prokop, Alegra House (1996)

Mom and Dad Don’t Live Together Anymore, Nancy Lou Reynolds and Kathy Stinson, Firefly Books (1988)

The Kids Book of Divorce, Eric Rofes, Ed. Random House (1982)

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Prepared by Rebecca M. Picard (952)-876-4010