Divorce Child

Eleven-year-old Izzy feels as though her whole world is shifting, and she doesn’t like it. She wants her dad to act like he did before he was deployed to Afghanistan. She wants her mom to live with them at the marina where they’ve moved instead of spending all her time on Block Island. Most of all, she wants Piper, Zelda, and herself - the Sea Stars - to stay best friends, as they start sixth grade in a new school.

Clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade, Meg Jay takes us into the world of the supernormal: those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity. Drawing on nearly two decades of work with clients and students, Jay tells the tale of ordinary people made extraordinary by these all-too-common experiences, everyday superheroes who have made lives out of dodging bullets and leaping over obstacles, even as they hide in plain sight as doctors, artists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, parents, activists, teachers, and students.

I met my wife twenty four years ago in June,1999. We have had on and off relationships, but our daughter is 12 years old now. These are lessons from my life.

When is the last time you heard about a parenting book–specifically about divorce–written from the perspective of the child? While there are plenty of resources for divorced couples, very few of them are written by a child of divorce.

An extraordinary, brilliant book to be read by every divorcing parent and young children facing divorce. An emotional and inspiring story about the divorce through the eyes of a child. Irene, is a 10-year-old girl whose parents are getting a divorce. In the midst of her confusion and helplessness, Irene turns to her diary to express her feelings and better process her parents’ divorce. With the help of her grandmother and her teddy bear she finds a way to make her parents listen to her. This book is for kids (8 to 12 years) and their parents. If someone is going through a divorce and has ...

Aisha is a 13-year-old refugee. When she finds she’s being sent to a new foster family, she runs away, seeking shelter in the nearby woods. Twelve-year-old Zak is trying to cope with his parents' divorce. He starts researching the history behind his house, which leads him to an old air-raid shelter in the same woods. Both children meet in the heart of the ancient woodland, and unexpected bonds are formed....

Being the new kid at school is hard, but Sophie has a secret weapon: her vivid imagination and her oversized, trusted Big Book of Monsters, an encyclopedia of myths and legends from all over the world. Sophie is convinced she is a monster because of the monster mark on her face. At least that's what she calls it. The doctors call it a blood tumor, and it covers almost half of her face. The Big Book of Monsters gives Sophie the idea that there might be a cure for her monster mark.

Edward appears to be an ordinary mature college student studying forensic science, but behind his quiet exterior lies a dark obsession with the dark web.Addicted to its anonymity, Edward immerses himself in illegal chat rooms and unsettling content. His fascination with the shadows of the human mind begins to blur the lines between his online world and reality. When Phoebe, a fellow student, takes an interest in Edward, she has no idea he’s been stalking women at the college—and she might be next. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Carter and his team are investigating the suspicious death ...

Over half of the people in the United States will experience the splitting up of their parents, statistics say. Yet no matter how "normal" divorce becomes, it always inflicts a profound wound on families—not only the parents, but the children, whether young or grown. The children of divorce are fractured on the level of their very being: heart, mind, and soul. If left untended, this break could pain them for the rest of their lives, tingeing their relationships, their faith, and their capacity for joy.

De cómo tía Lola vino de visita a quedarse, una novela juvenil de Julia Alvarez, cuenta la deliciosa historia de una familia dominicana, instalada en Vermont, que recibe la visita de una pariente muy especial. La irresistible, incontrolable e incluso mágica tía Lola transforma la vida de su familia. Sombreros, pañuelos, vestidos alegres, tacones, maracas, un tambor par alas fiestas, café, hierbabuena, orégano, anís, hojas de guanábana, ajíes…, su alegría invade la casa y—poco a poco—a todo el pueblo.

Discover the power of second chances in this heartwarming series of love, loss, and a fresh start from bestselling author Sylvia Price. Beth Campbell is juggling her roles as the mother of two adult children, an adoptive mother to an eleven-year-old girl, the owner of a bed and breakfast, and a successful author. Complicating matters, trouble arrives in the form of her daughter Lillie's ex-boyfriend, Lukas. He reveals to Beth the truth about Lillie dropping out of college, leading to tension between mother and daughter. As Lillie and her friend Ryan's relationship develops, her past traumas...

He: recovering from war. She: recovering from a divorce. Can they heal each other? Two people coping with a difficult past and facing an uncertain future. Jim is dealing with the trauma of war, loss, and captivity. Dory is fighting to help a troubled teenage daughter while striving to survive the crushing divorce that battered her fragile self-esteem. Both of these brave people struggle to put their lives back together and find a better future. Is the love flowering between them strong enough to help them do that together? Scroll up to read this story and find out.

Eleven-year-old Sport Rocque is living a happy life, keeping his father's absentmindedness under control, and managing the family budget. When Kate, Sport's new - and nice - stepmother enters the picture, things couldn't be better. Then comes the news: Sport's wealthy grandfather has just died and Sport is a multimillionaire. But millions of dollars equals millions of problems, as Sport soon discovers when his mother returns and kidnaps him to double her share of the inheritance! Life at the Plaza Hotel is no fun when you're a prisoner. Will Sport manage to return his life to normal?

Navigating co-parenting after separation can be challenging, but with the right mindset and strategies, you can create a positive and stable environment for your children. Co-Parenting Success: Building a Strong Partnership After Separation is a practical guide designed to help parents work together effectively, communicate with clarity, and prioritize their children's well-being. In this insightful book, you'll discover: ✔ Proven techniques for healthy communication and conflict resolution ✔ Strategies for establishing clear co-parenting agreements ✔ Tips on handling emotional ...

Three-year-old Lexie, five-year-old Amelie and thirteen-year-old Leo come to Maggie after Leo confesses to a teacher that his mother's addiction problems and her latest violent relationship has left him as the sole carer to his younger sisters. Maggie welcomes the three children into her home and is touched by the gentle care Leo shows to the two little girls. It is clear that Lexie and Amelie adore their big brother and rely on him for comfort and reassurance.

The tranquil relationship of two lovers is disrupted when a letter arrives from the daughter of one of them. Passion, fear, and jealously boil in a stew that could fracture their love for each other. One pleads for the letter to be destroyed without reading the contents. “Nothing good can come of it.” But how can a parent ignore a daughter’s letter? Is it asking too much? Could a letter from a little girl actually destroy the love the couple have for each other? Download this suspenseful story of love, lust, and passion, today.

Escape with the Andersen Family...stories about second chances, single dads, strong heroes and heroines, complicated family entanglements, long-overdue reconciliations, life-long friendships, and later-in-life new beginnings. Inspirational and heartwarming women's fiction that will touch your heart. Livia Andersen was a woman who held her family together with a quiet smile and an iron will. It’s only been months since her death and her family continues to grapple with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s gone. CONTENTS: Book 5- Choices Book 6 – Regrets Book 7 – ...

Alice is angry at having to move to Rainbow, Georgia - a too small, too hot, dried-up place she's sure will never feel like home. Then she gets put in charge of walking her elderly neighbor's dog. But Clarence won't budge without Miss Millie, so Alice and Miss Millie walk him together. Strolling with Clarence and Miss Millie quickly becomes the highlight of Alice's day and opens her eyes to all sorts of new things to marvel over.

Caroline Rush has finally gotten her shit together... and she doesn't depend on anyone—not since she gave birth at 19 and her high school sweetheart died a year later, leaving her to raise her daughter alone in a new, cut-throat city. Now, at 45, with a successful writing career and the comfort, fame, and relative wealth to go with it, Caroline has finally found peace (or something like it.) But one phone call on a lazy Saturday morning plunges her back into the deep ocean of sorrow she fought to escape, forcing her to face the ghosts of her past and finally decide, once and for all, if ...

Patricia “Sweet Pea” DiMarco wasn’t sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. She never could have imagined that they would have the “brilliant” idea of living in nearly identical houses on the same street. In the one house between them lives their eccentric neighbor Miss Flora Mae, the famed local advice columnist behind “Miss Flora Mae I?”