{"product_id":"splitting-up-larry-frolick-9780888821980","title":"Splitting Up: Divorce, Culture, and the Search for a Real Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eQ. What does everyone want from a marriage?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA. For someone else to be the wife!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring the many cultural assumptions exposed by divorce - sex, money, dating, love, home, and health - \u003ci\u003eSplitting Up \u003c\/i\u003e is both a guide to the new social landscape and a serious search for personal meaning in an age of rapidly shifting cultural values. According to social theorist and lawyer Larry G. Frolick, divorce is neither a legal nor a therapeutic problem - it is a serious cultural issue. No one can perform the old social roles anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on his most interesting cases from twenty years practicing law, and from studies in culture, the author shows how the seventy-per-cent divorce rate is the flip side of mall marriage - that is, a relationship based on consumption, rather than on saving - and how divorce is part of our common destiny, a painful world many of us will one day encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis fascinating book takes the reader on an unsettling trip into the strange world of divorce, revealing the new social order and the roles we must play in it to survive - Working-Warrior Mom, Treat Daddy, and the Lost Child - as our society evolves into the next millenium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSplitting Up\u003c\/i\u003e is a hip handbook for divorce in the twenty-first century, a guide to survival and renewal. The many topics include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Worst Divorce Story Ever Told\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSex Realities: Sex Talk \u0026amp; Real Sex\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDivorce Statistics \u0026amp; the Myth of Undifference\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDepression: Can a Million Therapists Be Wrong?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMy Ex-Spouse was an Alien!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMcParenting in an Age of Wire Monkeys: Children Need One Thing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Lawyers Other Lawyers Use\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eYour Money \u0026amp; Your Sanity \u0026amp; How to Keep Both\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eand much, much more!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Frolick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0888821980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780888821980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.35w x 0.88d","brand":"Larry Frolick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517544542463,"sku":"9780888821980","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c260a79-aaf4-4fd8-9254-f3c7809152af.jpg?v=1778732096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/splitting-up-larry-frolick-9780888821980","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}