The Sh!t No One Tells You About Divorce
A Guide to Breaking Up, Falling Apart, and Putting Yourself Back Together
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Publisher Description
A bestselling author offers a refreshingly honest, compassionate guide to the sh!tstorm that is divorce: falling apart, staying afloat, and new beginnings (whether you are ready for them or not).
After 12 years together, 2 children, 10 pets, and 5 properties, Dawn and her partner decided to call it quits. In the newest installment of her bestselling Sh!t No One Tells You series, Dawn tries to figure out what happened… and what happens next.
Dawn takes you on her own bumpy, meandering, and often absurd journey through the destruction of a life exploded by divorce. She dodges legal hurdles, irrational decisions, alarmed therapists, random hobbies, and a concerning number of dating app profiles that look like the beginning of a true crime podcast. But somehow, she found herself stronger—and happier—on the other side.
Leaning into the mess, Dawn helps you learn the art of embracing Netflix and cry, the healing power of profanity, the importance of assembling the right support squad, how to survive the sh!tshow of co-parenting, and much more. Joined by an insightful chorus of divorced friends, Dawn delivers a true-to-life and funnier-than-it-should-be guide to discovering the unexpected value in the wreckage. What if divorce isn’t just a loss—but an opportunity?
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The humorous latest in Dais's Sh!t No One Tells You series (after The Sh!t No One Tells You About Pregnancy) digs into how to survive a divorce. Dais, drawing on the end of her 12-year marriage, offers strategies on how to get through the separation and successfully coparent. She recounts how after she and her wife agreed to separate, she found out her wife was seeing someone new and "exploded," throwing out their carefully laid divorce plans and insisting on immediate decoupling. To avoid such rash outcomes, she suggests taking walks to clear one's head. On dating after divorce, she encourages readers to be forthright with dates about what kind of relationship they're seeking and to refrain from ghosting. Dais warns that coparenting might never be easy and admits she had to lower her own expectations: "Maybe landing somewhere between high fives and blatant animosity is not a horrible place to reside after the implosion of a family unit." The guidance is largely geared toward separations in which both parents remain in the children's lives, but the author's animated style will appeal to anyone going through a divorce. One is unlikely to find a funnier guide to surviving divorce.
