Cutting Loose
Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well

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

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

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