Split: A Memoir of Divorce - Rilegato

"Finnamore, already an accomplished novelist, easily makes the transition to creative nonfiction. Progressing through Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's five stages of death and dying - denial, anger, bargaining, grief, and acceptance - she expertly creates... a treatise on an important subject in family relations - divorce - describing how she learned of her ex-husband's infidelity, realized he wasn't the right man for her, struggled as a single mother, and came to terms with losing her status as a "happily married woman." Recommended.
—Library Journal

"SPLIT is brilliant, poignant and completely unique. Suzanne Finnamore has refined her caustic wit to the point where it is now an assault rifle perfectly aimed at both herself and marauding spouses throughout America. Her voice captivates even the most jaded lovers."
—Augusten Burroughs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors

"So Perfectly Right. I loved it, loved it, loved it. p.s. Loved it."
—Haven Kimmel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Girl Named Zippy

"SPLIT is heart-rending and beautiful; Finnamore is a master storyteller, and this time, the story is her own. She is that rarest of things on today's literary landscape— a truly great writer, the real deal. This book will never let you forget it."
—Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You and Chang and Eng

"Powerful. SPLIT reads like a greased bullet."
—Judith Moore, bestselling author of Fat Girl

"SPLIT is a terrific piece of writing. Powerful, moving, well-written, with some profound and sometimes poetic insights into the human condition. I ask no more from literature."

—Gerald Nicosia, author of Memory Babe

“A sharp, cut-to-the-quick account of painful divorce....In brief, astute chapters riddled with a dry, deadpan humor, the author reconstructs this surreal journey...Finnamore conveys in this frank, winning memoir her supreme vulnerability and bravery.”
—Publishers Weekly

"Finnamore...easily makes the transition to creative nonfiction...Progressing through Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's five stages of death and dying-denial, anger, bargaining, grief, and acceptance-she expertly creates scenes spiced with dialog to convey her emotions. Good reading; recommended."
—Library Journal

Suzanne Finnamore is the author of the bestseller Otherwise Engaged and The Zygote Chronicles (a Washington Post Book of the Year in 2002). A journalist who has written for O, Marie Claire, Redbook, Glamour, and Salon, her novels have been translated into twelve languages.