Both manner, that the majority non-public of issues, divorce, is now being picked up and held to the sunshine. And I, for one, can’t cease taking a look at it.
Beneath, seven extra messy divorce novels and memoirs to learn (or revisit) now:
Heartburn by Nora Ephron (1983)
This novel is over 4 a long time outdated, but it stays an absolute font of knowledge (to not point out wit) for any and all girls scorned. In Heartburn, Ephron provides a thinly veiled account of the tip of her personal second marriage that’s alternately hilarious and heartbreaking. However don’t be concerned; her actual life had a cheerful ending.
The Fastened Stars by Molly Wizenberg (2020)
Wizenberg’s rising queerness and ensuing divorce from her husband are the central themes of this riveting memoir. Studying about how she and her household made area for her id is a welcome reminder that the tip of a wedding can typically usher in a extra trustworthy and well-rounded life.
With Enamel by Kristen Arnett (2021)
In With Enamel, as Sammie and her spouse Monika wrestle to boost their uniquely mystifying son, Samson, Sammie reaches her restrict. There’s nothing remotely idealized about Sammie and Monika’s relationship or eventual cut up, however Arnett’s portrait of their household dynamic is fascinating.
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo (2021)
This novel provides its feminine protagonist, Anna, a wealthy storyline past the bounds of her latest separation from her husband: Anna, a younger biracial girl residing in England, returns to her Nigerian hometown to hunt out the reality about her father’s demise, richly complicating the divorce narrative.
You May Make This Place Lovely by Maggie Smith (2023)
You May Make This Place Lovely
“We feature the previous inside us. We take ourselves–all of our selves–wherever we go,” poet Smith writes on this lyrical and innovatively crafted memoir about committing to herself at first within the aftermath of her divorce from the daddy of her youngsters.
Clam Down by Anelise Chen (2025)
The title of this e-book, in addition to its central conceit, is taken from a typo in a textual content that the narrator’s mom sends to her. Shortly after her divorce, Chen’s narrator is reworked right into a clam in a intelligent and fantastical replace to Kafka’s The Metamorphosis.
Maggie; or, A Man and a Lady Stroll Right into a Bar
A Chinese language-American girl names her newly found tumor after her husband’s mistress on this quirky, considerate, and genuinely humorous exploration of what it means to be left behind by your accomplice and uncover an entire new life within the wake of your relationship’s destruction.
