The forthcoming issue of The American Conservative has a favorable review of Elizabeth Marquardt's Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce. There's no link available, but here's a bullet summary of a few points:
*The book supports the growing body of research that shows the devastating effects of divorce, yet it's also a personal account: the author is the child of divorced parents.
*Two-thirds of children of divorce say their home life was stressful (compared with only 25% of children from in tact homes).
*Children from divorced homes in general tend to feel insecure and have a general feeling that something catastrophic is about to happen.
*Divorce has a negative impact on the grown child's resulting religious beliefs, especially in the Judeo-Christian tradition of God as a loving father.
