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Mediation Office of John Spiegel, J.D.
600 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20852
tel: 301-340-1811 / fax: 301-340-1824
jspiegel@mediationoffice.net (John)
dduquette@mediationoffice.net (Donna)
cfinney@mediationoffice.net (Carolyn)

To support our clients, we maintain a lending library of the books from our book list.

For a printable PDF version of the booklist, please click here.

 

Books on Separation and Divorce

Books for Separating and Divorcing Couples
Berry, Dawn Bradley, The Divorce Recovery Sourcebook (1998).

 

Fisher, Roger, and William Ury, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (1991).

 

Hetherington, E. Mavis, and John Kelly, For Better or For Worse: Divorce Reconsidered (2002).

 

Kranitz, Martin A., Getting Apart Together (1987, 2000).

 

Mellan, Olivia and Sherry Christie, Money Shy to Money Sure: A Woman’s Roadmap to Financial Well-Being (2001).

 

Trafford, Abigail, Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life (1982, 1992)



Books for Parents

Ahrons, Constance R., The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart (1994).

 

Clapp, Genevieve, Divorce & New Beginnings: A Complete Guide to Recovery, Solo Parenting, Co-Parenting, and Stepfamilies (2000).

 

Emery, Robert E., The Truth about Children and Divorce (2004).

 

McClure, F. Daniel, and Saffer, Jerry B., Wednesday Evenings and Every Other Weekend: From Divorced Dad to Competent Co-Parent (2001).

 

Pedro-Carroll, JoAnne, Putting Children First: Proven Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Though Divorce (2010).

Ricci, Isolina, Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Two Homes for Your Child (1980, 1997).

 

Wittmann, Jeffrey P., Custody Chaos, Personal Peace: Sharing Custody with an Ex Who Drives You Crazy (2001).



B
ooks for Children
Brown, Laurene Krasny and Marc Brown, Dinosaurs Divorce (1986).

 

Johnston, Janet R., Karen Breunig, Carla Garrity, and Mitchell Baris; Through the Eyes of Children: Healing Stories for Children of Divorce (1997).

 

Krementz, Jill, How It Feels When Parents Divorce (1984, 2001).

 

Lansky, Vicki, It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear (1998).

 

Ricci, Isolina, Mom’s House, Dad’s House For Kids (2006).

 

Stern, Zoe, Stern, Evan, and Stern, Ellen Sue, Divorce is Not the End of the World (1997).