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The end of Stacy Morrison’s marriage came as a shock – to her. But as the editor-in-chief of Redbook magazine reports in her new book, Falling Apart in One Piece: One Optimist’s Journey Through the Hell of Divorce, instead of wallowing (too long) in self-pity and bitterness, she decided to take a high road and rebuild a “connected breakup” with her now ex-husband. Here, she describes why she decided to get past the anger, hold onto the best parts of the past, and create a more peaceful life for her son.
Q: How did you marriage end? Were you surprised?
A: One beautiful spring evening, as I was making dinner, my husband let out a big sigh. When I turned to him to ask what was wrong, he said, “I’m done.” Meaning done with our marriage. It came out of the blue, but as I later discovered, it’s hard to know which pebble that trips you up in your marriage is the iceberg, with something huge and immovable lurking underneath, the thing that can foretell the end of your marriage.
Q: Tell me about the somewhat unconventional arrangement you came to post-divorce. Why does it work for you?
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