Tram Nguyen Nguyen من عند Surajpur Jikkla, Himachal Pradesh, الهند
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I thought this book was amazing! You couldn't help but love the characters...well and hate a few too of course! The story was so gripping and just when you thouhgt it was going to slow down...nope...it just keeps going! A serious must read!!
This isn't a tell-all book dishing dirt on his ex-wife, Kim Basinger. The point to this book was to point out the inherent conficts of interest and unfairness in the legal system involving family and divorce law, presumably in the hopes of raising awareness for the reader to help change some laws. There are some personal anecdotes, not only of his own experience (to the extent he was allowed to do so under his own legal constraints), but also those of several other men who told the author their stories of divorce. As is often the case, the stories defy common sense. Importantly, he spends a full chapter introducing the concept of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) to increase awareness of its existence to those who may be falling victim to it. There is also a chapter where he interviews a Harvard Law professor who expounds on the rise of women's rights in Law and how it is affecting family court cases as a result. I read this book because it apoke of father's rights, something I know my fellow stepmoms struggle with often on a daily basis (stepmoms/second wives even get a shout-out at the end for supporting their men through such craziness). But I was very glad to see the author frame the problems as FAMILY rights though, as it affects both sexes including the children involved. He does offer a few solutions which would need to happen though laws changing, as well as some things a person getting divorced might be able to do on their own within the current laws to make the situation better (ex: allow mediation and work towards it's sucess, don't just run to court). The book is plainly written, but there is a lot of repetition in it as though the authors' intent was to produce stand-alone chapters for piecemeal reading. However, I don't think the chapters themselves turned out to stand on their own. Ultimately, the entire book should be read. It might have been good to have another chapter or so on choosing the right mate in the first place, or working through your issues and staying married as two additional options to avoid the craziness of divorce though.