We Used to Be Wives: Divorce Unveiled Through Poetry

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156474390X
• ISBN13: 9781564743909
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Daniel & Daniel Pub
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Inspirational Poems On The Subject Of Divorce

This book is a far cry from the "male bashing" that one might expect. I found many of the poems poignant and uplifting. Divorce, like life, is not all black and white/good and evil. This book does a good job of demonstrating the many complex layers of divorce. What I liked best about this book is that each poem gives insight not only to divorce, but also gives a snapshot history of each marriage which allows the reader to care about the authors. I have bought several copies of WE USED TO BE WIVES as gifts for friends going through the divorce process and would recommend it to all going down this path on the way towards a new life.

Srrong recommendation for women experiencing divorce

As a family lawyer, for many years I listened to women who were getting a divorce.I wish I could have given a copy of this book to each of them. I think it would have brought them comfort and assured them that they were not truly as alone as they sometimes felt.I know that's what it will do for readers who are going through a divorce today.

A Book for Everyone

Even though as a happily married man, I'm not exactly the target audience, I loved "We Used To Be Wives." It is a beautifully crafted book from cover to cover that is touching, disturbing, and uplifting all at the same time. Although some of the poems have a harsh, ugly edge to them, they end on a note of hope or beauty and even humor. And that's what I loved about the book. By helping heal the wounds of divorce, "We Used To Be Wives" grows hope out of ugliness and despair.

WE USED TO BE WIVES

As a contributor to this book, I must, from the get-go, admit to bias. However, as a poet and frequent contributor to anthologies and literary journals, I'm also a pretty tough critic. When I received my copies of We Used to be Wives, I almost expected the kind of work often found in some anthologies (work that would possibly not make it into literary journals and magazines, or at least not high quality publications.) I was very pleasantly surprised to find the poetry therein to be of the highest quality work from extremely talented and accomplished poets. I've truly enjoyed each of these poems about the times before, during, and after the trauma of divorce. There's no whining here, but a great deal of honesty and insight about divorce and the losses incurred therein in these very accessible heartwarming poems. I recommend this great collection to anyone who has gone, is going through, or is considering divorce. I also recommend it to any unmarried woman dealing with the end of a relationship. Loss is loss, regardless of one's marital status. Perhaps not surprisingly, one finds a good deal of humor here, and is dazzled with the level of maturity evident in these poems. Read We Used To Be Wives. You'll love it.

The Emotional Territory of Divorce

In her anthology, "We Used to Be Wives-- Divorce Unveiled Through Poetry" Jane Butkin Roth explores the emotional terrain of divorce.In their writing, over seventy women poets map this territory of pain, rage, doubt and profound growth.All have undergone divorce, all have forged their pain into poems of sensitivity, beauty and humor. The collection is unique in several ways. First of all,there is the perceptive introduction by Roth in which she traces her own process, and how the therapeautic process of writing gave voice to her own pain and confusion during her own divorce. She also discusses the wider significance of divorce in the modern world and its implication for women. Secondly, the poems themselves. They ring with truth and the integrity of experience, woven into word-images of an old world lost and new worlds found.A must for the divorcing and divorced,their children,for helping professionals, and for lovers of high-quality poetry.