Publisher's Synopsis
170,000 divorces a year now take place in Britain, about a third of all new marriages. Some two million children under 16 are affected, and a third of the children of divorcing parents are under five years old. Divorce today is therefore not only a traumatic experience, but an extremely common one, out of which new relationships have to be forged and new lives established.;Written by a lecturer in social welfare and social policy, with first hand experience of divorce, this book details how to understand and deal positively with this difficult subject. It explains in depth how to cope with the emotional impact on everyone most closely affected, and with all the legal and financial considerations. Above all, it shows how, after the initial pain, those involved can come to terms with the past and lay the foundations for a new way of life in the future.
