Still Friends: Living Happily Ever After...Even If Your Marriage Falls Apart (Paperback)

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Product Description

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.

About the Author

Barbara Quick is the author of the 2007 novel VIVALDI'S VIRGINS, which has been translated into fourteen languages. NORTHERN EDGE, her first novel, won the Discover Prize. Her latest novel, A GOLDEN WEB, set in 14th century Bologna, will be published by HarperTeen in April 2010. At work now on another novel set in the world of music, Barbara lives in the California Wine Country with her fiance Wayne Roden, a vigneron and violist with the San Francisco Symphony.

Product Details

• Paperback: 179 pages
• Publisher: Wildcat Canyon Press (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885171366
• ISBN-13: 978-1885171368
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,311,855 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Inspiration, February 28, 2000

By	Tera Abelson (Berkeley, California) - See all my reviews

Still Friends is a wonderful book that is both enlightening and easy to read. Author Barbara Quick deftly tells the stories of couples who discover how to allow divorce to expand their family community, rather than destroy it. We usually associate divorce with the disintegration of relationships, which inevitably hurts the children. In this book we meet couples who transform their relationships instead. I believe that by making these stories available Quick will inspire others to rise to the challenge of moving beyond the narrow confines of our cultural definition of familial success!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful message for divorced couples, January 18, 2000

By	diane baker (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews

I've sent out my share of wedding presents; why not make this book a "divorce present?" STILL FRIENDS charts a way for divorcing couples to travel through disappointment and anger to peace, acceptance and friendship. In this practical and entertaining book, dozens of couples share how they've moved into a comfortable and workable relationship that continues to bring benefits after love and marriage ended. Wouldn't it be wonderful if divorced couples could remain a caring family, if friends and relatives didn't have to choose sides? This book was really needed and does a wonderful job pointing the way to resolution and forgiveness.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saving lives, April 1, 2000

By	Brad Bunnin (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Barbara Quick has managed to write an anecdotal, eminently useful book for those who are divorced or will be. She focuses on the truths of post-divorce relationships in all their complexity, while she leads the reader through them, to a happy (and realistic) outcome. As a pastor, I plan to give a copy to any couple who come to me for advice about their divorce. The book will save lives!