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Married to a Man and In Love with a Woman
Alyson
December 2005
On Sale: December 5, 2005
280 pages
ISBN: 1555839185
EAN: 9781555839185
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Non-Fiction
From 1967 to 1979 Joanne Fleisher led a happy life in the
suburbs, a mother of two and the wife of a successful
lawyer. Then she fell in love with a female friend and
everything changed. Her experiences, as well as those of the
women who write to her advice column Ask Joanne
(www.lavendervisions.com), inspired her to write
Living Two Lives, a guide for women grappling with
the difficult process of coming out while being married to a
man. Now a licensed clinical social worker, Fleisher has
conducted married women's support groups, weekend
conferences, individual therapy sessions, and national and
international phone consultations for women in this
situation. She now brings her wealth of insight to this
guide to help married women navigate the stages of coming
out: initial feelings of same-sex attraction, telling
husbands and children, managing a roller coaster of emotions
(grief at the end of a marriage, confusion and anger at the
loss of heterosexual privilege, guilt, anxiety, depression),
developing a support system, executing the awkward phases of
dating, and, finally, moving into a new chapter of life. In
addition, Living Two Lives provides resources on
organizations for married women, suggested reading, and
helpful websites. Married women are a huge but invisible
part of the lesbian population, often falling between the
cracks of available resources. This book is a welcome tool
to guide them out of isolation and into rich, rewarding lives.
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