After the Breakup: Women Sort Through the Rubble and Rebuild Lives of New Possibilities

Even for strong and independent women, the emotional slips and slides of a relationship's end can be a huge challenge. Not everyone around you recognizes the pain that you're in and the cookie-cutter advice of conventional divorce literature flat-out misses the mark. A diverse sample of straight, lesbian, and bisexual women of all ages speak out about what really happens when couplehood ends, sharing what it takes to emerge both wiser and stronger.