Between Two Worlds by Elizabeth Marquardt

Between Two Worlds by Elizabeth Marquardt

Is there really such a thing as a -good divorce-? Determined to uncover the truth, Elizabeth Marquardt--herself a child of divorce--conducted, with Professor Norval Glenn, a pioneering national study of children of divorce, surveying 1,500 young adults from both divorced and intact families between 2001 and 2003. In Between Two Worlds, she weaves the findings of that study together with powerful, unsentimental stories of the childhoods of young people from divorced families.
The hard truth, she says, is that while divorce is sometimes necessary, even amicable divorces sow lasting inner conflict in the lives of children. When a family breaks in two, children who stay in touch with both parents must travel between two worlds, trying alone to reconcile their parents' often strikingly different beliefs, values, and ways of living. Authoritative, beautifully written, and alive with the voices of men and women whose lives were changed by divorce, Marquardt's book is essential reading for anyone who grew up -between two worlds.-
-Makes a persuasive case against the culture of casual divorce.- --Washington Post

-A poignant narrative of her own experience . . . Marquardt says she and other young adults who grew up in the divorce explosion of the 1970s and 1980s are still dealing with wounds that they could never talk about with their parents.---Chicago Tribune

Elizabeth Marquardt is the director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values, a nonpartisan think tank focused on children, families, and civil society. Her essays and op-ed pieces have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and elsewhere. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two children.

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ISBN 13	9780307237101
ISBN 10	0307237109
Title	Between Two Worlds
Author	Elizabeth Marquardt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-09-27
Number of pages	255
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