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| Divorce |
| Making the Break |
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| David
Bell, 350 pages, 7x9, 1-890085-06-2, $17.95 paper /
[can $27.95] |
“David
Bell’s meticulously researched, beautifully written
book towers over other works in this genre. It is that
rare achievement: a book that has the power to change
lives. If you’re contemplating a break-up, you
must read this astonishingly brave, thoughtful, open-hearted
book that speaks so forcefully on behalf of the innocent
victims of divorce, our children.”
—Gail Eichenthal, Anchor/Reporter,
KNX Newsradio, CBS Radio Network
“David Bell has returned
from the depths of pain of his own highly contested
divorce to write a heartfelt, wise, and hopeful guide
for parents who face the challenge of protecting their
children from the potentially devastating effects of
a high-conflict divorce. Bell educates and advises
parents about the ins and outs of the family law system
and work with mental health professionals, always illuminating
how parents can pursue their rights while safeguarding
their children’s emotional well-being. . . .
I will advise every divorcing parent whom I see in
my practice to read this book. It is written from a
place within the heart of healing and it is a poignant
text for parents who face the difficult path that Bell
has traversed with grace and dignity.”
—Susan
M. Jay, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Associate
Professor
of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine |
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Following the
death of one of their children, David Bell and his
wife’s marriage fell apart.
They decided to divorce amicably, but as the divorce
process progressed, it slowly took on a life of its
own and spiraled out of control. During this period,
David sought out and read most of the books currently
available on divorce. After this study, he realized
that there was no one unbiased book of simple, sound,
practical advice on the process and its many legal
and mental pitfalls and the healing period that must
follow. In researching Divorce, David compiled
through consensus the best advice of legal, mental
health, and child-rearing experts whose books he
had read. He put this information together with many
divorce sagas—good and bad—that he gathered
from divorced acquaintances and wrote the book of
advice that he wished he had been privy to before
he began his own lengthy, costly, and mentally trying
divorce.
Divorce: Making the Break carefully
and compassionately tours the divorce process from
the very first considerations one has when contemplating
divorce through getting back on one’s feet
once the divorce is completed. Along the way, the
reader is advised about ways of controlling anger
and not demonizing the divorcing partner; putting
the concerns of children first; avoiding destructive,
warring attitudes; equitably dealing with child custody
matters; choosing a divorce forum (mediation or litigation);
finding good, honorable legal representation; working
with judges and accountants; and putting personal
lives back together after the trauma of divorce.
A thorough yet tidy handbook made up of many small
sections that can be easily digested during a time
a crisis, when one’s mental attention may not
be at its most acute, Divorce will guide both
husbands and wives to a dissolution of marriage that
is as peaceable and constructive as possible. David
Bell is a film and television composer whose
credits include such popular television series as Murder,
She Wrote and Star Trek: Voyager.
He is the author of a book on film scoring.
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David
Bell is a prolific composer of film and television
scores. Among his credits are feature films (the
Lounge People, There Goes the Neighborhood), television
shows (Murder, She Wrote, In the Heat of the Night),
miniseries (North and South III), and television
movies (Cops and Roberts, Stormy Weathers). |
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