A Perfect Divorce

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A Perfect Divorce
"This is life after vs. Kramer—tender, tough,
and so true it hurts. In crystal-clear prose, Gorman superbly lays bare the secrets we hide, even from ourselves." —BARBARA GOLDSMITH, author of Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhuli, Johnson v. Johnson-, and Little Gloria Happy at Last
"Avery Gorman apparently knows how it all works—or doesn't—with the fast-track urban middle class: career, workaholism, divorce and children, single-parent stress, SAT stress, copelessness that passes for coping. In this densely detailed, fast-moving story that has the scope of cultural anthropology, he is compassionate, clinical, and funny. And with a surprise at the end that is credible as well as heartwarming." -JULES FEIFFER
"With perfect pitch, Avery Gorman has written an unforgettable book about love, kids, and divorce. Divorce, even a 'perfect' one, devastates all in its path. Everyone—and I mean... Tovább

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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR
A Perfect Divorce
"This is life after vs. Kramer—tender, tough,
and so true it hurts. In crystal-clear prose, Gorman superbly lays bare the secrets we hide, even from ourselves." —BARBARA GOLDSMITH, author of Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhuli, Johnson v. Johnson-, and Little Gloria Happy at Last
"Avery Gorman apparently knows how it all works—or doesn't—with the fast-track urban middle class: career, workaholism, divorce and children, single-parent stress, SAT stress, copelessness that passes for coping. In this densely detailed, fast-moving story that has the scope of cultural anthropology, he is compassionate, clinical, and funny. And with a surprise at the end that is credible as well as heartwarming." -JULES FEIFFER
"With perfect pitch, Avery Gorman has written an unforgettable book about love, kids, and divorce. Divorce, even a 'perfect' one, devastates all in its path. Everyone—and I mean everyone—divorced or considering divorce should read this book. It will break your heart and open your eyes." —ARI L. GOLDMAN, author of The Search for God at Harvard and Living a Year of Kaddish

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"Does anyone understand family life better than Avery Gorman? A Perfect Divorce takes a lucky reader into the mysterious landscape of urban life, love, and child-rearing with Gorman's wise and all-knowing gaze." —MARIE BRENNER, Vanity Fair writer-at-large and author of Great Dames: What I Learned from Older Women
Karen and Rob are die well-intentioned parents of a teenage son, Tommy, who believe they can avoid the emotional fallout of their failed two-career marriage. Both are successful individuals who have pursued other personal relationships since their divorce but have managed to stay connected through their son.
When Tommy goes off the tracks, his troubles send shock waves through relationships on all sides. Staggering under the weight of his parents' expectations and need for denial, Tommy risks everything—and Avery Gorman turns everyday life into a brilliant page-turning drama.
Not since Kramer vs. Kramer, Gorman's landmark novel and the basis for the Academy Award-winning motion picture, have truths about ourselves —about marriage, divorce, and parenting—been so accurately and emotionally dramatized. Vissza