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Summary: It's about time
Review: After Wallerstein's study, this is a relief. Why? Because Wallerstein's study was based on only 60 individuals from Marin County, California. Having lived in Marin County for the last 7 years, I can tell you that a less heterogenious mix of people will be difficult to find. This is one of the most elite, wealthy, insular groups of individuals gathered in one geographic area. As an example of just how insular this area is, The Marin Independent Journal put a story on the front page a few years ago about an individual that had dared to put up a billboard which is against a county ordinance. If this type of news can make it to the front page, what can I tell you? To take only 60 from this rarefied group and extrapolate the findings to apply to the rest of the population... is disturbing. This just shows that Wallerstein hasn't made it out of Marin County (having been educated at UC Berkeley) and doesn't have the perspective to speak to how the US population as a whole might be affected. It's about time we see a study based on a much broader and more representative base than Wallerstein's.
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Summary: Read Both of the Books and This is the One
Review: Just look at the numbers: 1400 families in this study, something like 70 in the Wallerstein "study" (which was really just a non-scientific anecdotal case report on children who were ALREADY being seen for emotional problems - some statistically significant sampling). This book is very straight forward, and seems to strive to give you a good feel for what you can work to control during your own divorce (or maybe gives you the impetus to stay in a marriage if that's an option). I found this to be an extremely helpful book and much much much stronger than the 'other' one.
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Summary: An indispensable resource
Review: Mavis Hetherington has gathered together a veritable avalanche of information, in a most usable form. For parents who have divorced, and especially those preparing to enter into new marriages with children, this is a "must read." Numerous and very costly mistakes could be avoided, to the benefit of remarried parents and their children. - Nick Kasoff
WGNU Radio - St. Louis
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Summary: No Agenda, Except the Truth
Review: This was a most helpful, elucidating book. It maps out what life after divorce is like, on the basis of an enormous, scientific study. Anyone who has been divorced, or is the child of divorced parents (or marrying one) will find in it all the touchstones you need to know about to help you guide your emotional life.
After all the political fighting about divorce, here is a book with no agenda, except the truth. Indispensible.
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