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Manchester, NH 03104
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Recommended Reading for Books on Divorce
1. American Girl Library Help! A Girls guide to Divorce and Stepfamilies by Nancy Holyoke
This is a great book for girls from Mid-Elementary to Early Jr. High School age. This book talks about emotions girls have during the split up of parents. It discusses One girl, Two homes, Stepparents and Stepfamilies. The book is very easy to understand with practical concepts.
2. When my Parents forgot how to be friends. By Jennifer Moore-Mallinos.
This is a great picture book for a girl or boy. Basic easy reader from about Preschool to Elementary School age. This is an ideal book for a parent to read to a child. This book also acknowledges a child's concerns and anxieties during and after the divorce.
3. What about the Kids? Raising Your Children "Before, During and after Divorce". By Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee.
Excellent book! A must read. This book is very helpful and informative. It breaks down the breakup, parent to part, post-divorce family, second marriage, and conversations of a lifetime. This book is good for all ages, very detailed oriented.
4. The Divorce help book for Kids by Cynthia MacGregor.
This book is very easy to understand with basic concepts. Deals with emotions and feelings of divorce, Important "stuff" to remember and visiting with Mom and Dad. This book has a great glossary of terms in the back of the book, i.e.: what "big words mean". It also has a wonderful resource section in the back of the book that is also very helpful.
Recommended Books for Widowhood
1. Where do people Go when they die! By Mindy Avra Portnoy
This book is sensitively written for children of younger ages that talks about death. The illustrations are very simple. There is also a suggested reading section in the back of the book. A great reader for children!
2. I Miss You- A first look at Death By Pat Thomas
This is also another great read for children from Pre-school to Middle –age. The book is very simple, but detailed oriented on looking at death and understanding what it means. The illustrations are very nice. It even asks questions along the way to see how you are feeling at that moment. There is a glossary of terms and suggested reading materials located in the back of the book.
3. Planet Widow- A mother’s story of Navigating a Suddenly Unrecognizable World. By Gloria Lenhart
This is a must read! A personal story of how one woman faces some traumatic events in her life, in the unexpected death of her husband. How she copes with her two sons and even has some humor thrown in there for enlightment.
4. Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Any books on this author are recommended, i.e.: Remember the Secret- Great book for smaller children, On Grief and Grieving.
On February 6, 2007, she was chosen for Induction into the National Woman’s Hall of Fame.
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