LEADER 04786nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910785726703321 005 20230413141433.0 010 $a1-283-62919-4 010 $a9786613941640 010 $a0-8135-6186-8 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813561868 035 $a(CKB)2670000000259162 035 $a(EBL)1034673 035 $a(OCoLC)813846343 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720340 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11448811 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720340 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10668630 035 $a(PQKB)11674857 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24469 035 $a(DE-B1597)529545 035 $a(OCoLC)1125189428 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813561868 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1034673 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10607315 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL394164 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1034673 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000259162 100 $a20050926d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCut loose$b[electronic resource] $e(mostly) older women talk about the end of (mostly) long-term relationships /$fedited by Nan Bauer-Maglin 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (324 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-3846-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tPART ONE: HE/SHE LEFT HER/HIM --$t"If Not" and "I Give My Husband Fish Sausage" /$rDougherty Delano, Page --$tWhat Was Home /$rSilver, Laurie --$t"Chapter Four You Break Up": A Journal /$rNevins, Octavia --$tGrowing Up Middle Aged /$rLopez-Mena, Marita --$tReflections on April Fool's Day /$rRaymond, Diane --$tTalaq, Divorce /$rSaed, Zohra --$tNo More Romance for Me /$rO'Sullivan, Sue --$tFrom Buddy to Joe to Harriet /$rLuria, Harriet --$tSo Much for "Happily Ever After" /$rWoronov, Naomi --$tDear Harry: Unsent E-mails to an Ex /$rBecker, Susan --$tMy Own Dance /$rKaplan, Margie --$tEvent Horizon /$rStuart, Mary --$tThe Only Life I Have /$rStieber Rous, Janice --$tObserving the Cormorant /$rBerman, Phyllis --$tPART TWO: PERSPECTIVES ON BEING LEFT AND LEAVING --$tTrashed /$rBurdick, Carol --$tMarriage Comes and Goes but Sex Is Forever /$rSimcock, Anne --$tLost Love: The Nature of Romantic Rejection /$rFisher, Helen --$tLeaking Affections: A Socio-psychoanalytic View /$rSilver, Catherine B. --$tWhat's Really Going on Here?: The Therapist's Perspective /$rOgus Katz, Marilyn --$tDivorce Is Economic Suicide /$rDailey, Nancy --$tSingle Women at Midlife: The Always, Already Dumped /$rBerke, Nancy --$tSnow White and Rose Red Meet Their "Prince" /$rGiovanni, Isabella / Peacock, Annie --$tLeft Alone: Deserted by Death or Divorce /$rFroschl, Merle --$tSplitsville: Break-up Literature /$rBauer-Maglin, Nan --$tBreak-up Art /$rWeinberg, Louise --$tUnholy Matrimony /$rFesta, Diana --$tThe Chore /$rFesta, Diana --$tAbout the Contributors 330 $aAlthough breakups-whether celebrity or everyday-are a constant source of fascination, surprisingly little attention has been given to women who are cut loose in their later years. This is a book about (mostly) long-term relationships that have come apart. Each woman involved, the majority of whom are over sixty, tells of her experience through journal entries, essays, poetry, or stories. Although in many senses they have been abandoned, they have also been set free, untethered, and, for some, liberated sexually, mentally, or emotionally. The book is divided into two major sections. The pieces in the first part are personal narratives. Among the varied voices, we hear from women in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships who have been left by their partners or who have decided to leave them. In the second section, the contributors look at being left and leaving from psychological, sociological, economic, sexual, medical, anthropological, and literary perspectives. Other essays explore the shared experiences of specific classes of women, such as single women, widows, or abandoned daughters. 606 $aSeparation (Psychology)$vCase studies 606 $aMan-woman relationships$vCase studies 606 $aWomen$xPsychology$vCase studies 606 $aMiddle-aged women$xPsychology$vCase studies 615 0$aSeparation (Psychology) 615 0$aMan-woman relationships 615 0$aWomen$xPsychology 615 0$aMiddle-aged women$xPsychology 676 $a306.89/3 701 $aMaglin$b Nan Bauer$01523689 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785726703321 996 $aCut loose$93774147 997 $aUNINA