Divorce Is the Worst
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Part of the Ordinary Terrible Things series, Divorce Is the Worst is a funny but frank picture book for kids whose parents are going through a divorce. In her iconic straightforward-but-sensitive way, author Anastasia Higginbotham sheds light on how hard it is for children to stay whole when their whole world, and the people in it, split apart.
—PETER PAIGE, executive producer and co-creator of ABC Family's "The Fosters"
—JULIE BOWEN, actress, "Modern Family"
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First in the Ordinary Terrible Things series, Higginbotham's debut children's book offers a frank look at the painful, confused emotions that are often a part of divorce. Set on the brown paper of bagged school lunches, the collaged artwork incorporates fabric scraps, torn photographs, and hand-lettered text as (largely unseen) parents tell their child that they are divorcing. "It can come as a surprise. When it does, it's the worst," writes Higginbotham as the child (whose gender is kept neutral) gasps. Higginbotham draws the child's features in ink, and readers follow a chain of emotions that includes shock, anger, sadness, and (short-lived) hope. "You're getting me a horse?" the child asks. "Um no," comes the response. "A divorce." The illustrations deliver a substantial emotional impact a series of pages shows the child doing household chores while "reasons" like "We fell out of love" and "We've changed" appear on dirty dishes and thick gray carpeting. But it's Higginbotham's directness and refusal to talk down to her audience that will make this book such an asset to families negotiating divorce. Ages 4 8.
