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Summary: David Brill....Martyr Divorcee
Review: David Brill portrays himself as THE MARTYR in an unhappy marriage. I seriously question this author's motives for having this book published. Any man who would abandon his wife (and 2 daughters) after 17 years by leaving a handwritten note needs his head examined!
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Summary: Sequel Needed
Review: David Brill's book manages to beautifully capture a sense of place with his vivid descriptions of the landscape and people of modern-day southern Appalachia. The natural world serves as a lush backdrop to Brill's painful, yet ultimately affirming story of the end days of his eighteen year marriage. Too many books about divorce offer only a laundry list of practical advice. David Brill lets us in on the truth of the matter, which is that each divorce is as unique as the marriage that precedes it. With a stark honesty that is never maudlin or exploitative, Brill offers readers a deeply personal glimpse into his own divorce journey. If the story were not compelling enough, Brill's deft and engaging writing is a pleasure to read in an age when a well-done literary memoir is a rare find. Highly recommended. Katie Allison Granju - Author of "Attachment Parenting" (Pocket Books/1999)
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Summary: As love departs, a cabin redeems
Review: David Brill's marriage is falling apart and, in an attempt to save it, he builds his family a cabin in the Cumberland Mountains. Brill draws parallels between the slow death of a marriage he doesn't want to end and the redemption that comes along with reestablishing his place in the world--literally through watching his cabin in the mountains be built up piece by piece as his marriage, figuratively, comes down piece by piece. Constructing his cabin--which eventually becomes his alone--helps him come to terms with the loss, and reconfiguration, of his family.
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Summary: Run Ladies!
Review: David Brill's portrayal of his own divorce is why the divorce rate is 50% in America today. He is obviously a very self-centered and selfish man who is trying to trick the reader into believing that he has done everything imaginable to keep his 17 year marriage from ending. Was this book published to use as toilet tissue?
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Summary: Sequel Needed
Review: This book needs a sequel written by Susan Brill. One-sided divorce stories need to be categorized either as fiction or self-help which this author obviously needs.
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