Book Writing: Week 5

Week 5 of writing Divorce Happens is IN THE BOOKS

For those just joining us — hi, hello, welcome — Jenny and I are writing a book together.

It's called Divorce Happens: A Compassionate Guide to Starting Fresh, it's published by Sheldon Press, and it comes out August 24th, 2027. We are so proud of it and also slightly unhinged from writing it, which feels correct.

Every week we're dropping in to tell you how it's going. The important stuff, obviously.

What a week! We're so grateful to be able to keep spreading the word about the work we do to support people through divorce. We've been busier than ever, and we're so excited about everything we're building.

this week in the book

words written

5,345

this week

lattes

0

none!! 🫢

on repeat

Olivia

Call Me Up in Dreamland Van Morrison

Jenny

See, I'm Smiling The Last Five Years

thing we learned

We felt very loved when our community recognized what a big deal it was for CBS to feature Fresh Starts!

favorite lines this week

Jenny

"When we identify the voices we begin the process of walking them backward so we can exit them, like the minotaur in the labyrinth, following Ariadne's twine."

Olivia

"The towels are not about the towels. The ritual is not about the ritual. It's about stopping long enough to say to yourself: look what I did. Look what I survived. Look how far I have come to be standing in this Marshalls holding these towels in my favorite color. That deserves to be noticed. That deserves to be honored."

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 The Latte Fund 

Some of you have very sweetly asked how to support the book as we write it. We’re not going to say no to a latte fund.

Follow along with all our weekly updates and donate to the latte fund over at our book page  freshstartsregistry.com/book 

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The Latte Fund

Some of you have sweetly asked how to support the book as we write it. We're not going to say no to a latte fund. Every contribution keeps the words flowing and means the world to us.

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