The Way They Were affirms to adult children of divorce that they are not alone in their struggles. This is the first resource published since 1991 that is addressed to adults whose parents are divorcing after 20, 30, or even 40 years of marriage.

The Way They Were affirms to adult children of divorce that they are not alone in their struggles. Susan Wisdom, author of Stepcoupling. Warm, solid, smart, and incredibly helpful. Mira Kirshenbaum, author of The Weekend Marriage. Only one other book in the past five years even touches upon this phenomenon, and "Generation EX: Adult Children of Divorce and the Healing of our Pain" is split between those in our situation and those who grew up in a broken home. This book is amazing.

The Way They Were book. How to deal with your parents’ divorce when you’re not a kid anymore

The Way They Were book. How to deal with your parents’ divorce when you’re not a kid anymore. As the divorce rate soars among the baby-boomer generation, more and more people in their twenties and thirties are being faced with the divorce of their parents, and few resources exist to help them cope with their unique circumstances. Written by an award-winning journalist who has lived through her own How to deal with your parents’ divorce when you’re not a kid anymore.

How to deal with your parents’ divorce when you’re not a kid anymoreAs the divorce rate soars among the baby-boomer . Brooke Lea Foster is a staff writer for The Washingtonian and has written for Parents magazine, Good Housekeeping, and Psychology Today.

How to deal with your parents’ divorce when you’re not a kid anymoreAs the divorce rate soars among the baby-boomer generation, more and more people in their twenties and thirties are being faced with the divorce of their parents, and few resources exist to help them cope with their unique circumstances. In 2005, she was a finalist for the Livingston Award, the highest honor given to a journalist under the age of 35.

Dealing with their divorce was (and is) difficult in part because I didn't know anyone else who had been an. .This is the first book in over 10 years that is by, for and about those of us whose parents divorced when we were adults.

Dealing with their divorce was (and is) difficult in part because I didn't know anyone else who had been an adult when their parents divorced. I also could not find any resources for adult children going through the break-up of their parents' marriage. This book is the only one of its kind that I have found. And it is worth the wait! Well-written and full of compassion, the book serves two purposes.

Dealing with Your Parents’ Divorce After a Lifetime of Marriage. Through the voices of these adult children and her personal story, Foster shows not only how they feel about their parents’ divorce but also how they can cope and heal. By Brooke Lea Foster. Category: Parenting Personal Growth. Constance Ahrons, author of We’re Still Family and The Good Divorce. This sad situation is an overlooked and minimized loss, but for those experiencing it, it hardly feels minimal. The Way They Were affirms to adult children of divorce that they are not alone in their struggles.

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Brooke Lea Foster is a staff writer for Washingtonian Magazine

Brooke Lea Foster is a staff writer for Washingtonian Magazine. This article was adapted from her book, The Way They Were: Dealing With Your Parents' Divorce After a Lifetime of Marriage, published this year by Three Rivers Press, a division of Random House Inc. Join the Discussion.

I highly recommend you read the book, The Way They Were: Dealing with Your Parents’ Divorce After a.

I highly recommend you read the book, The Way They Were: Dealing with Your Parents’ Divorce After a Lifetime of Marriage, by Brooke Lea Foster (2006, Three Rivers Press). Journalist Foster uses her own parents’ divorce as a template to explore the substantial toll that divorce takes on adult children. Dear Amy: I have been invited to a baby shower for an acquaintance’s daughter. I have met the daughter once, and it was at a group dinner, so we spoke about three sentences to each other. I know the mother from a social circle, but we are not close.

After a divorce, usually a great deal of attention is spent on trying to help young children cope with divorce

After a divorce, usually a great deal of attention is spent on trying to help young children cope with divorce. However, adults 50 and older continue to divorce at an all-time high, leaving adult children of long-time married couples in shock when they hear of their parents’ divorce and later find themselves grieving with few places to turn. Adult kids themselves along with others assume parental divorce won’t hurt an adult child, Brook Lea Foster said, author of The Way They Were; Dealing With Your Parents’ Divorce After a Lifetime of Marriage. Adult children find themselves in all sorts.