Breakup: Enduring Divorce

Breakup: Enduring Divorce

Breakup is a brutally honest and unusual divorce memoir, written as a journal in real time. Averbach's narrative interweaves his ordeal with his psychotherapy in a deeply- reflective, intimate manner. His concomitant process of transformation gives Breakup a far-reaching significance that is quite compelling. For those going through the process of letting go of your marriage, and enduring the painful process of separation, this book is enlightening. Deborah L. Baker --Reader's Choice Book Reviews***** Breakup looks into a marriage that looked good from the outside, but on the inside was a complete mess. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know they are not alone in deciding to breakup a family. "Divorce to Happiness" ... it's a blow by blow account of a break up, based on actual journal entries at the time. It was revealing to have such an intimate male perspective with its perceptive exposure of male attitudes and vulnerabilities --Norman Silver Breakup is a thoroughly enlightening read. An uplifting account of learning how to tap into the rejuvenative, transformative power that lies within us all. --Cherie Mangum, Apex Reviews ***** "...a sensitive, insightful, detailed and inspiring book." - Jay P. Granat, Ph.D. Psychotherapist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. --Dr. J.P. Granat With the advantage of hindsight, I can see that the breakup of my marriage inadvertently turned out to be a transformative experience for me. The upheaval, coming like a bolt from the blue and feeling like hell, jolted me back to life and forced me to begin afresh. Akin to a wake-up call, it shook me out of the fog I had been living in for years and liberated me in the process. By presenting this account, I am expressing my belief that my story transcends my own experience. Although I am aware that the experience of crises varies enormously from person to person, I feel that this story offers ample food for thought and could impact on the lives of many people. "Leo Averbach has been there...inside the hell of divorce." - David Knox, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology at East Carolina University, Marriage and Family Therapist. Forged in divorce hell. In this compelling and brutally honest memoir Leo Averbach draws you into the cauldron of marital disintegration. Written as a journal in real time, Breakup interweaves the writer's daily ordeal and the couple's ongoing travails with the insights and experience of psychotherapy. The book chronicles Averbach's struggle to cope with his wife's betrayal and its implications for their family. His first-person narrative, which is confessional and deeply reflective, reveals everything in describing the acrimony and emotions as the marriage falls apart. But what begins as a tale of anguish and despair becomes a story of transformation and regeneration, leading Averbach to a new life. Breakup is an unusual divorce memoir. Divorce is Breakup's prime concern but what elevates this from a personal account of a common occurrence into a story with wider significance is the upheaval surrounding the breakup. The tragedy of marital disintegration triggers Averbach's soul-searching, forcing him into a process of change, and driving him to seek a resolution. As a series of entries taken directly from the author's diary, Breakup is doubly unusual. Leo Averbach was born and raised in South Africa, lived on a kibbutz in Israel for 5 years before moving to London.  He was married for 20 years, fathered 3 children and then divorced.  After he remarried, he returned to Israel and now lives in Jerusalem Hills, where he writes and runs a pottery studio.  A few years ago, he decided to resurrect the journal chronicling the breakup of his marriage and recovery that became the basis for his book "Breakup: Enduring Divorce."