RECOMMENDED BOOKS

(Los Angeles County P.A.C.T. Program)




BOOKS ON PARENTING AFTER SEPARATION

BOOKS FOR SEPARATING PARENTS

BOOKS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN OF SEPARATED PARENTS
 
 
 


BOOKS ON PARENTING AFTER SEPARATION:
 

Ahrons, Constance, The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart, Harper Collins, New York, 1994. [Harpercollins; ISBN: 0060926341 (paperback 1995)]

Ahrons, Constance and Roy Rogers, Divorced Families: Meeting the Challenge of Divorce and Remarriage, Norton & Co., New York, 1987. [W W Norton & Co; ISBN: 0393306224 Paperback (October 1989)]

Garrity, Carla and Mitchell Baris, Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce, Maxwell Macmillan International, New York, 1994. [Jossey-Bass Publishers; ISBN: 0787938793 Paperback - 186 pages (July 1997)]

Lansky, Vicki, Vicky Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents: Helping Your Children Cope with Divorce and Its Aftermath, PAW, New York.[Book Peddlers; ISBN: 0916773485 Paperback - 240 pages 3rd edition (March 1996)]

Newman, George, 101 Ways to be a Long-Distance Super-Dad...or Mom, Too!, Blossom Valley Press, AZ, 1996.[Blossom Valley Pr; ISBN: 1568751885 Paperback - 140 pages (October 1999)]

Ricci, Isolina, Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Shared Custody Work, Macmillan, New York, 1998. [Fireside; ISBN: 0684830787 Paperback - 381 pages Revised edition (November 1997)]

Ross, Julie and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody With a Jerk: Raising a Child With an Uncooperative Ex, Saint Martin's, New York, 1996. [St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 0312141130 Paperback 4th edition (April 1996)]

Streiker, Lowell, Fathering: Old Game, New Rules, Abingdon Press, Nashville, 1989. [Abingdon Press; ISBN: 0687128404 Paperback (March 1989)]

Wallerstein, Judith and Joan Kelly, Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce, Basic Books, New York, 1980. [Basic Books; ISBN: 0465083455 Paperback Reprint edition (September 1996)]

Wallerstein, Judith, Second Chances: Men, Women and Children a Decade After Divorce, Tichnor and Fields, 1989. [Houghton Mifflin Co (Pap); ISBN: 0395735335 Paperback Revised edition (August 1996)]

Warshak, Richard, The Custody Revolution: The Father Factor & Motherhood Mystique, S & S, New York, 1992. [Poseidon Pr; ISBN: 0671746944 Hardcover - 272 pages (September 1992)]
 

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BOOKS FOR SEPARATING PARENTS:
 

Gold, Lois, Between Love & Hate: A Guide to Civilized Divorce, Plume Books, New York, 1992. [Plume; ISBN: 0452274966 (paperback 1996); Plenum Pr; ISBN: 0306441322 (hardcover April 1992)]

Weiner-Davis, Michele, Divorce Busting, Summit Books, New York, 1992. [Fireside; ISBN: 0671797255 Paperback - 252 pages Reprint edition (February 1993)]

Fisher, Roger and William Ury, Getting Past No. [Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap); ISBN: 0553371312 Paperback - 189 pages Revised edition (February 1993)]

Fisher, Roger and Scott Brown, Getting Together: Building Relationships As We Negotiate, Penguin, New York, 1989. [Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 0140126384 Paperback - 216 pages (September 1989)]

Trafford, Abigail, Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce, Bantam, New York, 1982. [Harperperennial Library; ISBN: 0060923091 Paperback - 304 pages Revised edition (January 1993) ]
 

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BOOKS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:
 

Barnett, Ola and Alyce LaViolette, It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay, Sage, CA, 1993. [Sage Pubns; ISBN: 0803953100 Paperback (July 1993)]

Nicarthy, Ginny, Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life, Seal Press, WA, 1982.[Seal Pr Feminist Pub; ISBN: 1878067923 Paperback - 316 pages Reissue edition (March 1997) ]

Ogawa, Brian, Walking on Eggshells: Practical Counsel for Women..., Viking Press, New York, 1989. [Volcano Press; ISBN: 1884244114 Paperback - 48 pages (October 1996)]

Walker, Lenore, The Battered Woman, Harper & Row, NY, 1979. [HarperCollins  ISBN: 0060907428 Paperback Reprint edition (April 1980)]

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BOOKS FOR CHILDREN OF SEPARATED PARENTS:

Brown, L. and M, Dinosaurs Divorce, Joy Street Books, Boston, 1985. [Atlantic Monthly Pr; ISBN: 0316112488
Hardcover - 32 pages (October 1986); Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap); ISBN: 0316109967 Paperback - 31 pages Reprint edition (October 1988) ]

Blume, Judy, It's Not the End of the World, 1972. [Simon & Schuster (Juv); ISBN: 0027110508 School & Library Binding (December 1982); ISBN: 0440441587 Paperback Reissue edition (September 1, 1986)]

Bonkowski, Sara, Kids Are Non-Divorceable, Pelican, LA, 1987. [Assisting Christians To Act Publications; ISBN: 0915388316 Paperback - 126 pages Workbook edition (December 1987)]

Gardner, Richard, The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce, Bantam, New York, 1970. [Bantam Books (Mm); ISBN: 0553276190 Paperback Reissue edition (May 1, 1985)]

Heegaard, Marge, When Mom and Dad Separate:Children Can Learn to Cope With Grief From Divorce, Woodland Press, MN, 1991. [Woodland Pr; ISBN: 0962050229 Paperback Reissue edition (June 1992)]

Schneider, Meg and Joan Zuckerberg, Difficult Questions Kids Ask (And Are Too Afraid to Ask) About Divorce, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996. [Fireside; ISBN: 0684814366 Paperback (October 1996)]

Stern, Zoe et al., Divorce is Not the End of the World, Tricycle Press, CA, 1997. [Tricycle Pr; ISBN: 1883672449 Paperback - 96 pages (October 1997)]

Weninger, Brigitte and Alan Marks, Good-Bye Daddy!, North-South Books, NY., 1995. [North South Books; ISBN: 1558583831 Hardcover (April 1995); North South Books; ISBN: 1558587705 Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (October 1997)]
 
 

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