This is the original book (Published in 1979 by Listen and Learn Productions of Melbourne but since updated) written to help children cope with separation and divorce. This is a book parents or non-parental adults can use in discussing the issues which face children in this traumatic period.
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When this book was first published it sold out almost immediately - reviewers were enthusiastic - and it received wide publicity . It was the first of its kind, (but soon the big publishers came in with "copycat" versions).
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Family Law solicitors gave it to their clients. The Family Law Court of Australia recommended it to all. The Family Court counsellors used it. The last part of the book — advice to parents — is a contribution by two of these counsellors, (Now Professor) Lawrie Molony and Robyn Weir,.
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Parole officers of the Juvenile justice system used it as a basis for discussing these issues with young people who had gone off the rails.
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Young people, of course, can read this book to help sort themselves out. (I should have written that first !)
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To the authors surprise at the time, it became used extensively as a discussion point book by teachers and counsellors when assisting young people to get their lives back on track when affected by separation and divorce.
