Cutting Loose, Ashton Applewhite
Cutting Loose, Ashton Applewhite
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Cutting Loose
Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well

Author: Ashton Applewhite

Narrator: Ashton Applewhite

Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/18/2020


Synopsis

For women contemplating divorce or for those who have already divorced, Ashton Applewhite's insightful book sheds light on what to consider before making the decision to end your marriage, how to protect yourself—both financially and emotionally—and how much your life will change.

One out of every two modern marriages ends in divorce, and 75 percent of those divorces are initiated by wives. Author Ashton Applewhite is one of these women, having sued for divorce after enduring an unfulfilling ten-year marriage. Cutting Loose is an essential resource for women who want to leave their marriage but fear the consequences.

Shattering the media-generated image of the lonely, deprived and financially strapped divorcee, Applewhite provides a much needed reality check. Cutting Loose introduces 50 women, varying in age, race, class and predicament, who have thrived after initiating their own divorces. Their fears of financial, emotional, and romantic ruin were never realized; on the contrary, their lives improved immeasurably, and their self-esteem soared.

Cutting Loose also answers the crucial questions: How do you finally decide to make the big break? What is getting divorced really like? What are the shortcomings of the legal process? What about custody and child support? Financial and emotional survival? And how does a woman's self-image change during and after divorce?

About Ashton Applewhite

Author and activist Ashton Applewhite has been recognized by the New York Times, National Public Radio, and the American Society on Aging as an expert on ageism. She blogs at This Chair Rocks, speaks widely, and is the voice of Yo, Is This Ageist? In 2015 she was included in the Salt list of the world's 100 most inspiring women-along with Aung San Suu Kyi, Jane Goodall, Pussy Riot, and other remarkable activists-who are committed to social change.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Leslie

I came to this book because Ashton Applewhite wrote a manifesto against ageism ("This Chair Rocks") and I became interested in her other writing. She wrote it in the mid-1990's in the aftermath of her own divorce. She interviewed a lot of divorced women about their divorces. The study called in to se......more

Ashton Applewhite's book examines the women's situation after divorce from all aspects. After going through divorce herself, and interviewing many women who have - by in large, and with some tradeoffs in financial lifestyle, most women agreed that they don't regret their divorce only that they didn'......more

Goodreads review by Cathy

It’s well written and it seems like she did an awful lot of work to research it. It’s an enjoyable enough read too. However I gave it 3 stars because it seems really anecdotal, and it’s the kind of work that could be easily cherry picked to prove her point. I’m not saying that it is cherry picked, i......more

Goodreads review by Aimee

Informative. The continued references to artists and writers complaining about partners lacking respect for their work is a little hilarious because the humanities doesn't garner much respect from the culture as a whole so its unfair to lay it down as some sort of brutish character flaw. I could go......more

An excellent book for those who feel all alone and are beyond disgusted with those who don't 'get' it. Some parts completely unrelatable, but there is no perfect book for any experience......more