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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Crown Pub
Publication date
April 15, 2008
Pages
274
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780307346766
ISBN-10
0307346765
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$23.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A bittersweet memoir of life after divorce describes how the author left her gambling addict husband and her efforts to build a new life for her two young daughters, deals with with the family legacy of divorce, reconnects with a brooding high-school boyfriend, and comes to terms with single life and parenthood. 30,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: âI feel like Iâve joined an enormous club, something like the Veterans of Foreign Wars. We are weary with battle fatigue and sometimes even gripped by nostalgia for the good old, bad old days, but our numbers are large,â writes Theo Pauline Nestor in this wry, fiercely honest chronicle of life after divorce.
Less than an hour after confronting her husband over his massive gambling losses, Theo banishes him from their home forever. With two young daughters to support and her life as a stay-at-home mother at an abrupt end, Nestor finds herself slipping from âmiddle-class graceâ as she attends a court-ordered custody class, stumbles through job interviews, andâmuch to her surpriseâfalls in love once again. As Theo rebuilds her life and recovers her sense of self, sheâs forced to confront her own familyâs legacy of divorce. âIâm from a long line of stock market speculators, artists of unmarketable talents, and alcoholics,â writes Nestor. âThe higher, harder road is not our road. We move, we divorce, we drink, or we disappear.â
Nestorâs journey takes her deep into her familyâs past, to a tiny village in Mexico, where she discovers the truth about how her sister ended up living in a convent there after their parents divorced in the early sixties. What she learns ultimately brings her closer to understanding her own divorce and its impact on her two daughters. âI knew from experience that for children divorce means half the world is constantly eclipsed. When youâre with one parent, the other must always slip out of view,â Nestor writes.
Funny, openhearted, and brave, How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed will speak to anyone who has passed through the halls of divorce court or risked tenderness after loss. It marks the debut of an enchanting, deeply truthful voice.
Less than an hour after confronting her husband over his massive gambling losses, Theo banishes him from their home forever. With two young daughters to support and her life as a stay-at-home mother at an abrupt end, Nestor finds herself slipping from âmiddle-class graceâ as she attends a court-ordered custody class, stumbles through job interviews, andâmuch to her surpriseâfalls in love once again. As Theo rebuilds her life and recovers her sense of self, sheâs forced to confront her own familyâs legacy of divorce. âIâm from a long line of stock market speculators, artists of unmarketable talents, and alcoholics,â writes Nestor. âThe higher, harder road is not our road. We move, we divorce, we drink, or we disappear.â
Nestorâs journey takes her deep into her familyâs past, to a tiny village in Mexico, where she discovers the truth about how her sister ended up living in a convent there after their parents divorced in the early sixties. What she learns ultimately brings her closer to understanding her own divorce and its impact on her two daughters. âI knew from experience that for children divorce means half the world is constantly eclipsed. When youâre with one parent, the other must always slip out of view,â Nestor writes.
Funny, openhearted, and brave, How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed will speak to anyone who has passed through the halls of divorce court or risked tenderness after loss. It marks the debut of an enchanting, deeply truthful voice.
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from Crown Pub (April 15, 2008); titled "How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir"
9780307346766 | details & prices | 274 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $23.95
About: A bittersweet memoir of life after divorce describes how the author left her gambling addict husband and her efforts to build a new life for her two young daughters, deals with with the family legacy of divorce, reconnects with a brooding high-school boyfriend, and comes to terms with single life and parenthood.
About: A bittersweet memoir of life after divorce describes how the author left her gambling addict husband and her efforts to build a new life for her two young daughters, deals with with the family legacy of divorce, reconnects with a brooding high-school boyfriend, and comes to terms with single life and parenthood.
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