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Bloomsbury USA, 2002. Near Fine. Providing solace, advice and commiseration for anyone trying to make sense of a family tree gone haywire with divorce and remarriage, this hilarious l atest effort by novelist and journalist Karbo (Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me) is like a fresh breeze setting everything right. From the first page, she grabs her readers by the shoulders and gives them a good, hearty shake, advising them, for example, that when one has to coexist with one's own ex , spouses' exes and the children of the various unions, "failing to know wh en to shut up is a genuine liability." Most importantly, she advises, one s hould fall silent when compelled to speak uncharitably about one's ex to th e child one had with that person. In fact, Karbo emphasizes, many exes stay locked in old patterns for the sake of their children, resulting in a limb o she terms "divarriage." Of course, children can also provide a handy excu se for maintaining contact with an ex. Her numerous evocations of scenes…
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Generation Ex: Tales from the Second Wives' Club Paperback - 2002
by Karen Karbo
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My ex still lives in the house we bought together before we were married, a small yellow bungalow where he has lost the war against junk mail, a war I'd spent fighting every day of our marriage.
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- Title Generation Ex: Tales from the Second Wives' Club
- Author Karen Karbo
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 244
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bloomsbury USA, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date April 6, 2002
- ISBN 9781582341941 / 158234194X
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.26 x 5.48 x 0.65 in (20.98 x 13.92 x 1.65 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.84
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