Divorce, separation, property settlements, custody arrangements - the very words are enough to bring on a migraine. Everyone has heard of the passionate property fight, the wrenching custody battle. But there are plenty of happy endings as well: the ex-spouses who still socialize with their reconfigured families, the parents who sit across from one another at the Thanksgiving table or stand up side-by-side at their child's wedding. Still Friends is a tribute to people who have bucked the stereotype of the bitter divorce to create a kinder model of splitting up. It provides hope that the end of your life as a couple does not have to mean the destruction of your dreams, your friendship, or your family. Filled with real-life stories from men and women who have transcended the trauma, disappointment, and jealousy that plague the lives of many ex-couples and their children, Still Friends is a valuable resource for anyone struggling to regain balance and civility after a divorce.
I wouldn't trade my job as a novelist for any other job in the world. Writing is a refuge for me--a secret garden, a doorway into other lives, an occasion for expanding on the truth and getting paid for it (once every couple of years, at least).
One life has never seemed like enough to me (maybe because I'm a Gemini?). Short of immortality or schizophrenia, fiction seemed to me to be the closest I could get to experiencing many lives from the inside-out.
My books have also brought me into contact with people from all over the world I would never have met otherwise (including, most lately, my fiance!). I can only hope that readers will begin to understand how important they are to writers--and to literature itself! Buying books is an act of cultural affirmation. Literature--and writers--will perish without readers who are committed to buying, reading, and talking about books.
