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by Deirdre Bair

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Deirdre Bair

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978-1400064489

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1400064481

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English

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Random House; 1 edition (January 23, 2007)

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Relationships

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Family Relationships

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Calling It Quits: Late Life Divorce and Starting Over. About a month after the final decree, Calling It Quits had a small mention in AARP Magazine. The book didn't have all the answers to my "What now?" questions, but it did help me realize that I was not unique. My story, with slight variations, was told on every page. And, like misery, newly discovered happiness and relief love company.

Deidre Bair, author of Calling it Quits: Late-Life Divorce and Starting Over, interviewed more than 400 men . Sixty and starting over. one common motivator was simply the steady buildup of the same kind of behaviour over a long period of time until one day, one of the partners snaps.

Deidre Bair, author of Calling it Quits: Late-Life Divorce and Starting Over, interviewed more than 400 men, women and adult children for her book. It's what people call the 'last chance divorce,' " says Ms. Bair. People say 'if I don't do it now, I never will Sixty and starting over. Ms. Bair spoke to a woman who was getting ready for Passover when she realized her marriage was over. As she put it, she was up to her elbows in chopped chicken liver.

Deirdre Bair is the critically acclaimed author of five works of nonfiction. She received the National Book Award for Samuel Beckett: A Biography

Deirdre Bair is the critically acclaimed author of five works of nonfiction. She received the National Book Award for Samuel Beckett: A Biography. Her biographies of Simone de Beauvoir and C. G. Jung were finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her latest book, Calling It Quits, examines late-life divorce and starting over and has been profiled on CBS’s The Early Show, NBC's The Today Show, the Brian Lehrer radio show and on CBC Canada. She is currently working on a biography of New Yorker cartoonist and artist, Saul Steinberg.

Her most recent book, Calling It Quits, examines late-life divorce and starting over and has been profiled on CBS’s The Early Show, NBC's The .

Her most recent book, Calling It Quits, examines late-life divorce and starting over and has been profiled on CBS’s The Early Show, NBC's The Today Show, the Brian Lehrer radio show and on CBC Canada .

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This is the first book to reveal the truth about the exploding phenomenon of late-life divorce, which has resulted in a seismic shift in modern relationships. Now, in a finger-on-the-pulse examination of this growing trend, Deirdre Bair, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the National Book Award, explores the many reasons why older, long-married couples break up. Having conducted nearly four hundred interviews with ex-wives, ex-husbands, and their adult children, Bair reveals some of the surprising motivations that lead to these drastic late-life splits, as well as the surprising turns life takes for all concerned after the divorce is final. Although the standard assumption is that husbands trade in their spouses for younger trophy wives, Bair has found that, most often, women initiate these divorces because they want the freedom to control how they will live the rest of their lives. The realization may appear to happen suddenly, but Bair shows how it often takes many years and much careful planning before the ultimate “Eureka!” moment. We see that for one woman it happened when she asked her husband to help in the kitchen and he shouted angrily for her to keep her voice down so he could hear the television. For one couple, the decision to end their marriage arrived when the wife condemned their unmarried adult daughter for having a baby and her husband sided with the daughter, leading both partners to realize that they had never had anything in common. One woman in her eighties, married for fifty-three years, woke up after transplant surgery and announced to her husband: “I don’t know how many years I have left, but I do know I don’t want to spend them with you.” Bair describes current trends in late-life divorece, including the growing use of “mediators,” whom many couples see as lower-cost alternatives to lawyers. She also provides fascinating examples of how people cope in the years after divorce. Divorce changes older peoples’ sex lives in surprising ways, and Bair is candid in discussing what really goes on in their bedrooms. She presents the stories of those who elect to stay single after divorce, of others who remarry immediately, and of those who are puzzled to find themselves divorcing yet again. As Bair’s subjects rebuild their lives, the reader wills see new possibilities for living in “the third age,” and may be inspired to realize that there is indeed life after divorce–and plenty of it.Important, eye-opening, and truly groundbreaking, Calling It Quits is essential reading for an entire generation and its children,–and an acclaimed author’s most personal and most universal work.

Yadon

I came across this book while researching a white paper on gray divorce. I hoped for an even-handed, scholarly look at the topic. Unfortunately, Bair's approach is long-winded and overly reliant on anecdotal testimonial interviews. There is scant objective research and reasoning. The book could also have used a more aggressive editor. The reader is subjected to lengthy paragraph after lengthy paragraph, seldom broken up by bullet points, subheads, or summaries. While some of the stories are useful, they tend to fall into the camp of soap opera, and Bair makes sweeping points from this anecdotal analysis.

Not surprisingly, in the end Bair makes a case for same-sex marriage and blasts those foolish fundies who believe that traditional marriage is actually a good thing, for individuals and society. Sad, but not unexpected.

I was hoping for a well-researched, scholarly take. What I got was a bunch of anecdotes and socially liberal arguments. Disappointing, and not recommended.

Leceri

It's quite true that Bair offers no nostrums for late-life divorces that shock adult children and other family members or friends. It's equally true that reading these stories if you're looking at a (very long) retirement with someone you have little in common with is to touch base with a personal reality NEVER otherwise discussed in mainstream media. You'll never see 75-year-old women on Oprah who want out of very long marriages but they definitely exist.

It's no mystery why. Men retire from a *job*, usually with a whole set of fantasies about their future, but women are not allowed to retire from taking care of men and houses because it's not "real work." The only way to "quit" is to separate and ultimately divorce.

Don't think Grandma might want to dump Grandpa? Read this book!

Black_Hawk_Down

Helpful book. Well written and documented.

Gholbirius

Author does a good job of explaining many of the issues of a late life divorce. Really interesting information. Enjoyed the many stories.

Rit

I found this book to be educational, hopeful and inspirational during a very difficult time in my life. Most of all, I was reassured that I was making the right decision.

Billy Granson

Great book.....wish I would have found it years ago, also wish I could have found the most recent edition.....

Golkis

Helpful book during and after the hardest time in my life.

Really covered the issues and emotions involved - from both male and female perspectives - in making the decision to leave a long marriage. The interview format of the book was well-organized, and allowed it to be both authentic and an interesting read.

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