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Mom and Dad Don't Live Together Anymore

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I guess the point of this book was to get kids to identify with the lead character, know that their feelings around divorce are not unique, and help them to discuss how they are feeling. While it may succeed in those aims (if those were the aims), it manages to paint a rather bleak and depressing picture, and just made our family feel sad with very little positive to focus on. To give you an idea, the final words of the book are: "My mommy and my daddy love me too. Just not together."

I found this an extremely dull and stilted story with no sense of humour or appreciation of a child's wit at all. It read like a school book with its clinical political correctness. If you're looking for a picture book about divorce for young kids I would recommend a book like Babette Cole's The Un-Wedding (also published as "Two of Everything") or Emily Haughton's Rainy Day. Cole's book is full of humour and yet deals with serious issues - my 4 y.o. wanted me to read it for her again and again in the months after the separation. Haughton's book is more dreamy and has a double meaning that appeals more to me than to my 4 y.o. but has a far higher quality than this book.

If I were to read only one book in the whole world, I would
choose "Mom and Dad Don't Live Together Anymore".
I was a teenager when my parents divorced, and I felt
devestated, like my heart was being ripped in half. I first
read this book when I was in my late twenties. I felt
so much healing from reading this book, the words on the
page allowed me to cry and know that it was o.k. Then
towards the end of the book the author gives you a
positive way to think and act about your feelings.
This book is truely inspirational and has changed my life