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Tova Mirvis Chooses Ten Divorce Novels

JL;DR SUMMARY Tova Mirvis shares a curated list of ten novels that explore the complex narratives surrounding divorce, showcasing the psychological and emotional tumult that accompany this significant life event. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityJewish AuthorsDivorceRelationshipsFamily DynamicsMental HealthWomen's LiteratureNovelsNarrative ExplorationEmotional Tumult

Places mentioned

Tallahassee, Florida, United States
"The book was inspired by the true story of the murder of a law professor in Tallahassee."
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"Joyce, who has been divorced for a year, is trying to find contentment in the life she has built for herself in Cambridge, MA."
Reno, Nevada, United States
"It is 1951 and women seeking divorces flock to Reno, Nevada, because  everyone knew you could get a divorce in Reno."
Paris, France
"Complicating the quest is the fact that Sophie is, in fact, dead decapitated by a Parisian taxi and yet she is also very much not dead."
New York City, New York, United States
"Warren and Sarah, college lovers, run into each other at a performance of Tosca in New York City, after not seeing one another for almost forty years."
Washington DC, United States
"Set in the gossipy politics-obsessed Washington DC milieu, the book was widely regarded as being a fictionalized account of Ephrons marriage and subsequent divorce to the journalist Carl Bernstein."
France
"read Diane Johnsons novel Le Divorce where marital trouble is the backdrop to a comedy of manners about American expatriates in Paris."

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