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Levine, Beth. //Divorce: Young People Caught in the Middle//. Springfield: Enslow, 1995. Print.

Beth Levine, author of __Divorce: Young People Caught in the Middle__, is a veteran freelance writer. She has published several books, newspaper and magazine articles specializing in health, marriage, and parenting. Levine has also been a contributing author for __Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters__ and __Chicken Soup for the Soul: All in the Family__. Her book is an informational report focusing specifically on the effects of the children caught in the middle of divorce. Throughout the book, Levine explains what happens before, during, after a divorce and its effects on young people involved. While providing this information, the author is adamant about staying unbiased about the matter of divorce so that the reader may use them for the basis of discussion with whom ever. Levine provides a personal account of the development of two sisters' lives after a divorce while also providing information about adjustment after divorce, step families, and the emotional aftermath. The author talks about the different emotions that children may be faced with or develop while their parents are undergoing a divorce. These include anger, shame, guilt, fear of abandonment, fear of the unknown, and even ambivalence. She talks about the different custody situations that may occur including sole legal custody, joint legal custody, or joint physical custody. Sole legal custody is when the parent who lives with the child makes all major and routine decisions. Joint custody enables both parents to be involved in major/routine decisions. The book is clear, logical, and well researched with evidence of so shown by the bibliography provided in the back.

//Eat Pray Love//. 2010. //The Official Site of Elizabeth Gilbert//. N.p., 2010. Web. 31 May 2011. .

//Eat Pray Love// is a memoir written by a woman looking to rediscover life after her divorce. After going through a year-long legal battle to end her divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert decides to go on a journey to Italy, India, and Indonesia in the hopes of sparking her writing and finding herself. This book, later made into a major motion picture, was popularized because many people read it while going through the similar hardships of divorce. Many people found the book an inspiration to experience things they've always wanted to do but never got around to.