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The Good Divorce
How to End Your Marriage Without Ending Your Family
Praise for The Good Divorce "Karen McNenny names what so many parents feel but rarely hear out loud: our divorce systems were not designed to support families living across two homes. Blending lived experience with meaningful data, The Good Divorce delivers a child-centered, realistic path forward that is reassuring without being idealistic." —Jen Schimbeno, CDFA®, Co-Founder, Parent Team, Entrepreneur & Family Systems Advocate “With rare, relatable honesty, Karen McNenny draws from her own divorce to guide readers through the complex reality of getting unmarried, holding both grief and relief while navigating the limits of our often misaligned legal system. Her vivid storytelling honors the pain without leaving readers stuck in a victimized story, helping parents feel less alone and ready to move forward with clear steps and possibility—toward a Good Divorce and a healthier next chapter for themselves, their families, and their children." —Brandyn Roark Caires, LCPC, Creator, Co-Founder, Parent Team, Mediator / Clinical Child and Family Psychotherapist, Child Centered Divorce Expert “Karen McNenny has provided a unique and refreshing balance between sharing her personal traumas and triumphs combined with practical strategies in explaining that The Good Divorce really is possible. While confronting many of the problems with the adversarial ‘system,’ she shows how to successfully navigate a good new co-parenting relationship that protects your children, your finances and your mental health.” —Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq., Director of Innovation, High Conflict Institute, and developer of the New Ways for Families parent skills training method “This book serves up a whopping dose of illumination on the all-too-often fraught topic of divorce. By sharing her personal story, and modelling how families can evolve through divorce, Karen McNenny challenges the norms, and gives families a fresh and practical perspective.” —Laura Munson, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the acclaimed Haven Writing Retreats “Amid an industry built on escalation, Karen McNenny writes about restraint, respect, and the quiet power of divorcing well. Families deserve this option.” —Mercedes Barker, CEO & Founder, Your Divorce
Karen McNenny (Author)
9781394374267, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 4 May 2026
256 pages
22.6 x 15 x 2.5 cm, 0.295 kg
Essential perspectives and insights to get a divorce without devastation In The Good Divorce, author Karen McNenny shares her own divorce journey, teaching readers how to redefine relationship success and find peace in taking the best step for you and your family. She exposes how the divorce industry often sets families up to fail—from outdated FMLA policies that don't recognize divorce as a major life event, to ”divorce penalties” in insurance and banking, to a legal system that incentivizes conflict over cooperation—and reframes divorce as a family evolution instead of a failure. Above all, this book is a call to action—to reform the policies and practices that keep families trapped in destructive patterns, to challenge the assumption that divorce must be a messy event, and to create a new framework for how we handle relationship transitions. Readers will find insights and perspectives on: The Good Divorce is a must-read for all partners thinking about divorce who want to avoid the all-too-common devastation of dissolving a marriage.
PROLOGUE IX CHAPTER ONE THE LOVE 1 CHAPTER TWO THE SYSTEM 23 CHAPTER THREE THE BREAKUP 45 CHAPTER FOUR THE KIDS 67 CHAPTER FIVE THE HOME 91 CHAPTER SIX THE GRIEF 111 CHAPTER SEVEN THE COMMUNITY 129 CHAPTER EIGHT THE SELF 153 CHAPTER NINE THE LOGISTICS 171 CHAPTER TEN THE NEW 189 EPILOGUE 201
In Their Own Words
Divorce Celebration with Jake and Jeni
In Their Own Words
One Big Happy Family with Mercedes
In Their Own Words
Together Apart with Kelly and Kyle
In Their Own Words
Leave for the Kids with Maggie and Kara
In Their Own Words
Working Together with Ellen
In Their Own Words
Bonus Parents with Elke
In Their Own Words
Reinventing Myself with Aimee
In Their Own Words
For the Better with Erin and Mitch
APPENDIX 205
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 211
A CHRISTMAS BONUS 215
AUTHOR BIO 229
INDEX 231
Subject Areas: Religion & beliefs [HR]
