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Falling Apart in One Piece: One Optimist's Journey Through the Hell of Divorce [Paperback]

Stacy Morrison
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Book Description

March 15, 2011
The emotionally charged story of a divorce that brought the surprising gift of grace

Just when Stacy Morrison thought everything in her life had come together, her husband of ten years announced that he wanted a divorce. She was left alone with a new house that needed a lot of work, a new baby who needed a lot of attention, and a new job in the high-pressure world of New York magazine publishing.

Morrison had never been one to believe in fairy tales. As far as she was concerned, happy endings were the product of the kind of ambition and hard work that had propelled her to the top of her profession. But she had always considered her relationship with her husband a safe place in her often stressful life. All of her assumptions about how life works crumbled, though, when she discovered that no amount of will and determination was going to save her marriage.

For Stacy, the only solution was to keep on living, and to listen—as deeply and openly as possible—to what this experience was teaching her.

Told with humor and heart, her honest and intimate account of the stress of being a working mother while trying to make sense of her unraveling marriage offers unexpected lessons of love, forgiveness, and dignity that will resonate with women everywhere.


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“I loved the tone of this honest, thoughtful memoir: heartbreaking and real, without the slightest hint of self-pity.”

—ELIZABETH GILBERT, AUTHOR OF EAT, PRAY, LOVE AND COMMITTED

“Stacy Morrison’s memoir is as sweet as it is sad, both honest as an anvil and full of genuine hope. Morrison’s buoyant prose and hard-earned wisdom make the mess and roar of love, however difficult, all seem worthwhile.”

—Karen Karbo, author of The Stuff of Life: A Daughter’s Memoir

“I loved it. Raw, wonderful, honest, brash, truth-telling—Falling Apart in One Piece is a story about learning to let go and come to terms with the journey of life. It is a book for anyone whose life has just taken an unexpected turn and who needs to be reminded that not only can they be happy again, but that the human spirit is capable of great resilience.” —Lee Woodruff, author of Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress

About the Author

Stacy Morrison is the editor in chief of Redbook magazine. Under her guidance, the magazine has found new vibrancy and relevance for today’s generations, winning a Folio award for General Excellence (2005), a Clarion award for General Excellence (2007), and a National Magazine Award nomination for Personal Service (2006). She has appeared as an expert on women, love, sex, money and more on the Today Show, CNN Headline News, CNN Moneyline, and The Early Show, among many other TV programs.

 

Before becoming editor in chief of Redbook magazine, she was Executive Editor at Marie Claire, working on the international advocacy projects, and had previously been the editor in chief of Modern Bride magazine and the venture-funded dot.com/magazine about design, One (which won three Ozzie awards in its short lifespan). She was also a part of the launches of Conde Nast Sports for Women, Time Out New York, and Mirabella magazine.

She lives in Brooklyn with her 4-year-old son, Zack, whose father is at the house many, many times a week.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (March 15, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1416595570
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416595571
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,105,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I Don't Have to Write It March 17, 2011
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Phew! I don't have to write the story of my divorce; Stacy Morrison has done it for me, and better than I ever could have in Falling Apart in One Piece.

One day, and seemingly out of nowhere, Stacy's husband Chris declared he was done with their marriage. Morrison takes the reader through the journey of divorce, destruction, and rebuilding in an impeccably written memoir. The piles of troubles that only begin with her divorce are revealed honestly, with a rawness mingled with elegance in the telling.

With Morrison as the guide I was able to navigate through my own story of divorce with moments of insight and moments of, "Yes, that's what I've been trying to say." And also moments of vulnerability, anger, and even a few tears. Any marriage has a story, and to realize that some of that story must be rewritten to become the tale of the present can be a startling surprise. In Falling Apart in One Piece, Morrison takes the reader through that surprise and sums up her narrative with hope that the pieces of the kaleidoscope will rearrange themselves into patterns of ever-changing beauty.
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5.0 out of 5 stars profound memoir March 17, 2011
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Wannabe film writer Chris informed his wife Stacy just months after they purchased a townhouse in the exclusive Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn that their marriage was over. She was taken aback as she had no inkling this was coming especially with their new home and nine month old child. Chris remained to help with her with her post marriage life as a single mom before leaving; while Stacy began to question her worth. However, heeding her own advice at Redbook and that of her steel magnolia mom, Stacy realized her only major error was pretending they were the All American family. She moved on no longer appeasing a spouse who felt she and Zack held him back, but had the decency to stay until they were settled.

The key to this profound memoir is Stacy Morrison's heartfelt personalized trek through chaos that at times feels like a journey through Dante's Inferno as there are many unpleasant and unhappy moments. The author limits her life moral generalizations learned to small knowledge gains, which in turn makes her memoir even more relevant. Powerful, Falling Apart in One Piece is a deep look at a dying marriage as the participants go though a form of the phases of grief while wondering what they could have done differently to resuscitate the relationship. This is an honest account of a personal journey to hell and back.

Harriet Klausner
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2.0 out of 5 stars just o.k., missed the boat, lacked depth November 11, 2011
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Unfortunately, divorce today is all too common. For the many friends and family I have known who have survived divorce, this scenario was not out of the ordinary and although the words were there, somehow depth was missing. In the "you'll never know why" chapter, it seems this was a missed opportunity to really self-examine and reads like a memoir that any ambitious, type A, single gear (5) person or BOSS could have written where they lament, "hey, although I worked my team almost to death, we got a lot done and I just don't understand why they left me. I just don't understand why the 360 feedback was so bad! Yea, I heard them complain and push back and yea, I mowed right over them to the finish. We had to get it all done right? We had to fit it all in and then some." I actually really felt for Chris. Like he was married to a Boss where he could never set any boundaries until he did. And sometimes a break up is the only way to deal with one track, type A people - job, freinds, sadly a marriage if they won't slow down and you do not share the same desire to keep up with all they want to do around the clock. Really about compatability, not a surprise or shock. Not to overgeneralize but this is a classic case where it sounded like he was worn out by her need to have it all, and more,. I'm curious if there is something deeper she is trying to fill up that has nothing to do with Chris and on some level, he figured this out and got out early enought to give him self a chance to start over.

Save your money. This story is not fully developed yet and will leave you empty in the end.
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