Divorce Family

For TV-obsessed Jake Lightman, his parents’ divorce is like his favorite show getting canceled: The worst. Now he’s stuck between playing the role of “Yaakov” for his mother and “Jacob” for his father. On Jake’s first day at a new school, Caleb and Tehilla barrel into his life. Suddenly, he has two friends who seem to like the real Jake. And when they invite him to Camp Gershoni for the summer, Jake knows he has to go—even if his parents won’t let him.

Set sail to new adventures and escapes with eight best-selling authors in the exciting new Sail Away series! Single and over sixty... Those are the only boxes Jennifer Golden needs to check to be eligible for a ticket on the Silver Sails cruise line. She's taken a few solo trips with women her age, and she knows how to pack what she needs for a 2-week vacation in a single carry-on. She's never done a cruise quite this long or quite this nice, but with her daughter now moved out of the house she's been renting from Jennifer for a decade, a son who's stopped talking to her, and the man she's ...

Protecting Innocence is a compassionate and informative guide for parents navigating the turbulent waters of high-conflict divorce while prioritizing the well-being and innocence of their children. In this book, listeners will discover practical strategies, expert advice, and emotional support to help them create a stable and nurturing environment for their children during and after divorce. Drawing on the expertise of psychologists, counselors, and experienced co-parents, this book addresses the unique challenges that arise when divorcing in a contentious atmosphere.

Juliet is now an official member of the Starry Beach Club, and loves working with her new friends, Emma and Carmen, to make people's wishes come true. Living away from her dad is still hard, and she misses her best friend from her old town, but she has her friends and the bookmobile - and San Diego feels more like home than ever.

Clare Burke's life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne's defense of her spouse - all lies - and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly 20 years later, Clare is living a quiet life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep. The two long for a relationship, but they'll have to dig deep in order to build one.

Every evening at five o'clock, Christina and Rudy stopped work and began the ritual commonly known as Happy Hour. Rudy mixed Christina's drink with loving precision. They shared a love of language and music , a delight in intense conversation, a fascination with popes, and nearly 30 years of life together. What did I think, that we had forever? muses Christina, seven months after Rudy's unexpected death. Evenings at Five is a grief sonata for solo instrument transposed into words.

Tragedy happens to everyone. Whether it's the loss of a loved one, a painful divorce, or a serious injury, we must all face personal catastrophe—unavoidable moments that divides our lives into "before" and "after." These events take a heavy toll on everyone, but there are those who have muscled their way through tough times and emerged stronger and wiser. Author Jerry White is one such example.

Co-parenting occurs after a divorce when both parents continue to jointly participate in their children’s upbringing. Co-parenting will require a great amount of interaction between both parents. You must be fully committed to maintaining civility and setting aside your differences with your co-parent for the greater good of your children in order to have a healthy co-parenting relationship.

After five years of marriage, Cass Coyne has lost some of her boundless confidence. Her husband sees their ups and downs as normal challenges in a healthy relationship, but Cass lies awake at night wondering what you do when you need a break from your marriage. It comes as a shock to Jonathan when Cass persuades him to try a marital "intermission": a six-month separation during which they'll decide if the comfortable life they've built together is still the one they both want.

When we step into curiosity, we find we have a choice to see the world through other people’s eyes. To imagine what their experiences are, even though we cannot know them directly. From here, we can begin to understand and utilize our agency. The power we hold over interpreting our day-to-day experiences and the stories we end up telling ourselves about them, i.e., "our truths." Too often, this leads to selling ourselves short, or worse, selling ourselves out, resulting in death by a thousand papercuts.

In one week, a house and marriage violently disintegrate. Alone raising an infant in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Julie is surrounded by the rubble of her life - stripped bare by love and loss. Suddenly a single mother, Freed's prose captures the love and adoration for her daughter, the indomitable spirit of her New England family and her father's unwavering devotion. Touching ties survive even the most powerful surge Mother Nature delivers.

The Miracle of the Breaking entreats you to look beyond the meager pieces of yourself, a scattering of qualifications that are most certainly not enough for the task ahead, and look to the Miracle Worker who can transform even the smallest offering. Darlene Rhodes, pastor and international speaker, shares her intimate story of rising from an ocean of fear steeped with abuse and disappointment, and taking hold of a new hope and future with God.

Twelve-year-old Annabel thought Christmas break was going to be amazing. She’d planned to stay home in New York City with her best friend and do traditional things like go ice-skating in Rockefeller Center, hit the after-Christmas sale at Bloomingdale’s, and scream with the TRL crowd at MTV in Times Square. But when her best friend bails, Annabel’s mom decides it’s high time Annabel visit her father and his new family in Australia.

"When my parents split up, they didn't know what to do with me....My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad, me, and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But now Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and her twins. And where do I live? I live out of a suitcase. Mum wanted me to go and live with her. My dad wanted me to go and live with him. I wanted to stay at our old place, all three of us together, but that wasn't allowed."

This book gives the history of marriage as a divine institution. It shows what the Bible says about divorce and remarriage. One chapter is given to explaining the causes of divorce.

Bonus Dad! Bonus Mom! is a friendly way to teach children about the role of a step-parent and to introduce children to values important to character development. The book focuses on the day-to-day activities of a "bonus" parent, while teaching values like responsibility, cooperation, determination, respect, and love.

Annie Mason is ready for a holiday where someone else decides the menu, makes the food, and provides the entertainment for her two teenage girls. So it's easy to board the ferry and go to Nantucket, where her sister has invited her for a feast at The Lighthouse Inn. Julia Harper is excited to host her sister at the inn. And her half-sister, Janey Forsythe, who she's grown closer and closer to over the past few months. She's not as excited when her mother calls and asks if she and her dad can come. Sandy and Ryan Harper have had a rocky few months once Sandy learned about Janey, who her ...

Vickie’s parents divorced when she was only nine years old, wedging her in the middle of a dispute many kids face every day. It still remains one of the toughest times of her life. As she shares parts of herself and other people’s experiences, she hopes you will be better prepared to make good choices for your children. Please Don’t Divorce Me is candidly written as a parent’s guide from a child’s perspective in hopes of fostering a healthy transition and minimizing hurt for what is already a difficult time in a child’s life.

Divorce = Rebirth: Forget the past, replan your life, improve your appearance & rejuvenate! Empowered, transformed and ready to enjoy your next life. Not only is Happy Divorce a road map for anyone negotiating the brutal minefield of separation and divorce, but it is also a Transformational Guide unfolding your True Self and Purposes and helping you to Turn your Divorce into the Most Brilliant and Rewarding Opportunity of Your Life! You will measure your success in terms of accrued, genuine and permanent Inner Happiness, while taking your Self-Awareness to a New Edge: this will positively...

When Elsey's husband, Lukas, hands her a brochure for a weeklong mountain retreat, she knows he is really giving her an ultimatum: Go, or we're done. Once a successful painter, now with two young daughters and unable to find a balance between her identities as painter, mother, and, especially, wife, Elsey fills her days worrying, drinking, and descending into desperate unhappiness. So, brochure in hand, she agrees to go and confront the ghosts of her past. There, she meets a group of men and women who will forever alter the way she understands herself.