The (Almost) Painless Divorce: What Your Lawyer Won't Tell You [Paperback]

Jenny Garden (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Evanston Pub (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879260395
• ISBN-13: 978-1879260399
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,013,615 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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90 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Painless" divorce is the wrong way to describe this book!, March 15, 1999

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Diana Mercer "diana1159" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The (Almost) Painless Divorce: What Your Lawyer Won't Tell You (Paperback)

Based on the shining customer reviews, I bought this book as part of some research I'm doing on "successful divorce". I was horrified to count 4 separate references to shooting your spouse or someone else involved in your case. Is this truly a painless divorce?

Although some of the strategies make sense, they were disjointed and very much oriented to an adversarial approach to the system. The bottom line in this book is "trust no one, and take no prisoners!" The writer was very obviously burned badly in her own divorce, and every single story in the book dealt with others who were similarly burned--yet the book offered no solutions whatsoever, besides revenge oriented tactics. Is it any wonder children of divorce suffer so? You know, not everything that happens in a divorce is someone else's fault. Having been there myself, and having been a divorce lawyer for more than a decade, I should know. The idea of being informed, being assertive, questioning a lawyer's advice when it doesn't pass the "smell test" are all good theories, but they're lost in a mire of horror stories and revenge motivations in this book.

A better choice for legal procedures is James T. Friedman's "Divorce Handbook", and for the psychology end "What Every Woman Should Know About Divorce and Custody" (full of Machievallian tactis but pretty complete nonetheless). "Idiot's Guide to Surviving Divorce" was also complete and thorough.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must reading for anyone going thru divorice, September 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The (Almost) Painless Divorce: What Your Lawyer Won't Tell You (Paperback)

Divorice lawyers will hate this book. This is MUST reading for anyone going thru divorice. It is full of excellent advice that will save time, money and aggravation. It will smooth out the rough, unpleasant experience that is usually associated with divorice. Either sex can profit from the experience and advice available in this excellent book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is the helpful you csn get, January 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The (Almost) Painless Divorce: What Your Lawyer Won't Tell You (Paperback)

If you are thinking of getting a divorce, you NEED to read this book first!!! I never could have done it without it. I saved thousands of dollars and my sanity! Read it!