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Divorce & Money helps demystify the financial aspects of divorce with clear and thorough information. Using the book's detailed, fully-explained charts and worksheets, readers can work step-by-step through their finances without relying exclusively on an expensive lawyer or financial expert.

In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband-but can their marriage survive her passionate love? "One of the most daring, provocative, unnervingly intimate thrillers I've read in years. Few writers besides Ruth Rendell and Patricia Highsmith can evoke domestic unease with such sangfroid; fewer still can make it such delirious fun." -A. J. Finn, #1 NYT bestselling...

Hollis Shaw's life seems picture-perfect. She's the star of the popular food blog, Hungry with Hollis, and is married to Matthew, a dreamy heart surgeon. But after she and Matthew get into a heated argument one snowy morning, Matthew leaves for the airport and is killed in a car accident. The cracks in Hollis's perfect life--her strained marriage and her complicated relationship with her daughter, Caroline--grow deeper. When Hollis hears about something...

Featured as a Goodreads Most Popular Book of May 2023 and Top 6 Jewish Books This Year, The Jewish Chronicle

Casey Cohen, a Middle Eastern Jew, is a sixteen-year-old in New Orleans in the 1970s when she starts hanging out with the wrong crowd. Then she gets in trouble and her parents turn her whole world upside down by deciding to return to their roots, the Orthodox Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn.
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A young girl explains that her mom has remarried and that the structure of her family has changed. She introduces the reader to her new stepdad and new stepbrother. A picture-word glossary is included. This nonfiction title is paired with the fiction title My New Room, My New Brothers.

Get the Summary of Michael Brodkorb's The Girls Are Gone in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Girls Are Gone" by Michael Brodkorb is a true-crime narrative detailing the harrowing custody battle and disappearance o

The Family Symphony" is a heartwarming and practical guide to navigating the ups and downs of family life. It compares family dynamics to an orchestra, where each member plays a unique instrument, and together they create a beautiful but sometimes discordant symphony. Through ten chapters, the book explores themes like self-care, shared dreams, playful interludes, and embracing challenges, offering practical tips on fostering communication, understanding,...

Paul, a rich hunk who ticks all the boxes, sweeps Olivia, a young woman trying to find herself during college, off her feet. Her controlling father approves of a prospective husband for the first time, so she doesn't waste time tying the knot. After saying, I do, she realises her husband is nothing like he seemed. Living in fear for seven years, she finally breaks her silence and seeks help from trusted friends. With her best friend Clarissa and childhood...

These lyrical reflections are considered by most to be poems. They are also considered to be song lyrics. They are emotional impressions and emotions that reflect the moments and situations that many of us experience during the course of our lives. Many of the poems are reflections about love, in all it's different forms, feelings, and complications Mostly, the works included in this book are reflections of what makes us human and how we are all...

About half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce, and most of these divorces result in unnecessary collateral damage. Now there is a better way. In Collaborative Divorce, Pauline Tesler and Peggy Thompson, two pioneers in the field who train collaborative professionals around the world, present the first complete, step-by-step explanation of the groundbreaking method that is revolutionizing the way couples end their marriages. Working...