Making Divorce Work: In 9 Easy Steps

Making Divorce Work: In 9 Easy Steps
Автор книги: id книги: 1135074     Оценка: 0.0     Голосов: 0     Отзывы, комментарии: 0 204,13 руб.     (1,99$) Читать книгу Купить и скачать книгу Купить бумажную книгу Электронная книга Жанр: Юмор: прочее Правообладатель и/или издательство: HarperCollins Дата добавления в каталог КнигаЛит: ISBN: 9780007438228 Скачать фрагмент в формате   fb2   fb2.zip Возрастное ограничение: 0+ Оглавление Отрывок из книги

Реклама. ООО «ЛитРес», ИНН: 7719571260.

Описание книги

An hilarious spoof self-help book from the star of Marion & Geoff and host of the hit BBC comedy The Keith Barret Show.‘I don't feel like I have lost a wife but that I have gained a friend. I would never have met Geoff if Marion hadn't left me.’‘Marion and Geoff’ was one of the most-loved and most-acclaimed BBC comedies of recent years. Rob Brydon wrote and starred as cuckolded Welsh cabbie Keith Barret, recording a hopelessly optimistic video diary about his life as a divorcee. It was a heartbreaking show, darkly comic and brilliantly written. The series won Best Drama at the South Bank Awards, and Rob Brydon won a British Comedy Award for his performance as Keith.In summer 2004 Brydon took his character Keith Barret to the Edinburgh Festival with a show (or rather a 'talk' or 'therapy session') entitled ‘Making Divorce Work’, which drew on all of Keith's experience as a divorcee. It was a sell-out, and the Daily Telegraph declared it 'More outright hilarious than the TV series'.Now, after a highly successful series The Keith Barret Show, Keith Barret has settled down and written an indispensable self-help guide to surviving relationship break-ups. In Making Divorce Work, Barret offers advice for the broken-hearted on everything from getting access to the kids (‘my little smashers’) to dating again. It is a brilliant parody of the self-help genre (although Barret has written it with all sincerity), and an intimate portrait of Keith Barret; our favourite eternal optimist.

Оглавление

Keith Barret. Making Divorce Work: In 9 Easy Steps

Making Divorce Work. In 9 Easy Steps. Keith Barret

Table of Contents

Preface by Paul McKenna

Foreword

Is this book for me?

What does it take to make a divorce work?

Introduction

A Voracious Reader

Off We Jolly Well

Step 1 Something’s Not Right But it’s OK

Quick and Painless

Quick and Painful

Death

And The Winner Is…

Look Twice…

“They seemed so happy…”

Role-play

Step 2 It’s a Family Affair And We’re All Family Now

Proud Mary

That Pioneer Spirit

Why Not Me?

HPWNMS (Happy Parent, Why Not Me? Syndrome)

In the Club!

Too Many Jokes

Step 3 What Iceberg? (Death on Denial) Facing the Facts of Failure

An Act of Faith

Experiment

Going, Going … Gone!

Death on Denial

Death on Denial

The Battle of Denial

Experiment

Trouble at Mill (How to Spot When Things Aren’t Right)

Level 2

Role-play

Step 4 Share the Blame Share the Shame

Whose Fault Is It?

“Blame By Any Other Name …”

Make a List

Be the Best… Not!

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

If Music Be the Food of Love …

Step 5 Why Not in Front of the Children? Letting the Little Ones Play Their Part

It’s a Dog’s Life …

Case Study

Case Study

The Great Divide

What Are You Talking About?

Experiment

I’m Bored!

Look Around You!

My Dad’s a (Super) Hero

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Dad!

Role-play

Step 6 Decree Nice Guy The Marriage is Over…the Friendship Begins

Up, Up and Away!

A Very Nice Man

Bridge Over Troubled Water

The Land of My Fathers

Hands Across the Water

Keep in Touch

The Impossible Dream

A Photograph of You

Step 7 Old Friends, New Friends Getting to Know Your Ex-Partner’s New Partner

You’ve Got Something in Common!

Piecing it Together

Helping with Enquiries

Admiring the View. OR. How can I see this in a better light?

Filling in the Blanks

Your Move!

Kick Off!

Role-play

Step 8 Land Ahoy! Setting Sail for Happiness…

“What now?”

Full Steam Ahead

Goals

What Goals?

Action!

Role-play

Step 9 The Quiz

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher

Отрывок из книги

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO GEOFF, MARION

AND MY LITTLE SMASHERS, RHYS AND ALUN,

.....

Let me ask you another question if I may. How often have you heard a friend or relative say, “Guess who’s splitting up?” and then when he or she tells you who it is, it comes as a complete shock? That’s right, lots of times, we all have. Why is it such a shock?

Because it’s a surprise. (Figure 9)

.....

Добавление нового отзыва

Комментарий Поле, отмеченное звёздочкой  — обязательно к заполнению

Отзывы и комментарии читателей

Нет рецензий. Будьте первым, кто напишет рецензию на книгу Making Divorce Work: In 9 Easy Steps
Подняться наверх